Question reference: S6W-25654
- Date lodged: 21 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with organisations to facilitate the development of leadership programmes to upskill and resource educational leaders to tackle gender inequality in education and learning, as part of the Gender Equality Taskforce in Education and Learning.
Answer
The Gender Equality Taskforce in Education & Learning developed a set of ambitions in order to help inform its work, including the development of leadership programmes with a focus on gender inequality in education and learning. Development of this particular ambition was undertaken in consultation with Education Scotland, COSLA, the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland, the Scottish Council of Deans of Education and gender equality organisations including Close the Gap, Zero Tolerance and Rape Crisis Scotland. Since then, discussion and work has been ongoing to refine the overall workplan, including this particular ambition, to ensure that it is able to foster the type of long term, complex, systemic change that is needed. I am committed to continuing and accelerating such work to ensure that girls and young women have a gender equal experience of education and learning. The next meeting of the Taskforce will take place on 18 April.