Growing Gaelic and Scots

Plans to boost and encourage the use of Gaelic and Scots have been passed by the Scottish Parliament.

Measures include:

• introducing educational standards for Gaelic and Scots
• establishing Gaelic and Scots as official languages
• supporting the creation of areas of linguistic significance in Gaelic communities so that ministers can better target policies to support the language’s growth
• enabling parents in every part of Scotland to apply for Gaelic nursery and early years places for their children
• ensuring that more qualifications are available in Gaelic
• introducing targets on the number of people speaking and learning Gaelic

 The announcement on the Scottish Government website is here.