The Herald: The Scottish Qualifications Authority said only 13 secondary schools out of a total of 376 had registered for the languages qualification by the deadline at the beginning of October – less than 4% of the total.
Read more of this article: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/education/flagship-education-policy-to-revive-science-and-languages-in-tatters-1.925253
The Scotsman reports: Scottish qualifications have been given another boost as the project element of the new baccalaureate, in schools from August, has been rated as the equivalent of half an Advanced Higher by Ucas.
Read the Scotsman article online
http://news.scotsman.com/education/Boost-for-Scottish-education-as.5412177.jp
More on the Languages baccalaureate from Scottish CILT.
Arrangements documents for the Scottish Baccalaureate in Science and the Scottish Baccalaureate in Language are now available on the SQA website along with National Unit Specifications for the Interdisciplinary Project within each Baccalaureate.
SQA website information: Scottish Baccalaureates – latest information
The SQA have created a web page with the most up-to-date information, available for download, on the Scottish Baccalaureates.
The latest edition of the Scottish CILT newsletter is now available to download.
If you are interested in submitting an article for the next newsletter please get in touch with Mandy Reeman-Clark.
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A wee reminder to pop this in your diaries for January.
This conferenence will be a joint Scottish CILT/HMIE conference which will showcase best practice identified during trialling of Curriculum for Excellence and from visits by HMIE and Scottish CILT.
Visit Scottish CILT for all the information you’ll need.
LTS is organising a new group visit to Jerusalem.
Find out more and how to apply from the International Education website. Closing date is 19 December 2008
From SQA: Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has revealed the constituent parts of the new Scottish Languages Baccalaureate which has been created to build on the success of the Advanced Higher.
The Scotsman reports: Pupils will be able to study new qualifications in science and languages from next year, the government has announced.
Fiona Hyslop, the education minister, also revealed that baccalaureates in social subjects and art might be created in future.
LANGUAGESPUPILS choose two languages from: French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Classical Greek, Latin, Learners’ Gaelic, Urdu, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Plus: English, English for speakers of other languages or Gaelic and an interdisciplinary project.
Any two of the languages chosen should be at Advanced Higher, with one at Higher. The project will be at Advanced Higher level and graded A, B or C.
For example, a candidate might choose Advanced Higher English and French, Higher Spanish and the project.
Read the Scotsman article.
Date for your diary: 27 January 2009 at the Stirling Management Centre.
A joint Scottish CILT/HMIE conference which will showcase best practice identified during trialling of Curriculum for Excellence and from visits by HMIE and Scottish CILT.
The conference themes:
Local authorities will be invited to nominate up to five participants, mainly teachers. If you are interested in attending, please get in touch with the person in your local authority who has responsibility for modern languages or for Curriculum for Excellence.
For more information contact Mandy Reeman-Clark on 01786 466294.
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