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Expansion of Vocational and Technical Qualifications in Scotland’s Secondary Schools - Amendment

  • Submitted by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2023
  • Motion reference: S6M-08291.2
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 21 March 2023

As an amendment to motion S6M-08291 in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville (Expansion of Vocational and Technical Qualifications in Scotland’s Secondary Schools), insert at end “; urges the Scottish Government to take immediate steps to address the shortage of teachers in STEM subjects; notes the verdict of the recent report published by the University of Stirling and the Nuffield Foundation, co-authored by Marina Shapira, Mark Priestley, Tracey Pease-Hughes, Camilla Barnett and Michelle Richie, titled Choice, Attainment and Positive Destinations: Exploring the Impact of Curriculum Policy Change on Young People, on the negative consequences for young people from curriculum narrowing in relation to attainment, transitions, the subsequent study in school, and destinations beyond school; acknowledges that the Scottish Government Social Research report on The Impact of Scotland’s Developing the Young Workforce Strategy on Education calls for teachers to be afforded the capacity to develop and implement work-based learning and feel confident to build in work-based learning across the curriculum, and calls on the Scottish Government to support a national campaign to raise awareness of the support available through DYW, involving the full range of national employer organisations, and a common core set of services and opportunities, outlining the advantages of participation for employers; calls on the Scottish Government to provide further support to employers to engage with young people with additional support needs to create employment opportunities; believes that the Scottish Government should tackle the disparity of esteem between different post-school pathways by raising awareness of the range of qualifications and routes to work that are valued by employers; recommends that the Scottish Government works with Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and the DYW programme to ensure the creation of person-centred digital careers services, leading to a flexible and personalised career service offer, and urges the Scottish Government to use its forthcoming Purposes and Principles statement to provide clear strategic direction to Scotland’s colleges as to what it expects and needs colleges to deliver.

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Result 53 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Defeated

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Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-08291

Expansion of Vocational and Technical Qualifications in Scotland’s Secondary Schools

Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, March 20, 2023

Supported by: Clare Haughey, Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Result 54 for, 65 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote Vote Defeated

Defeated related amendments

Motion ref. S6M-08291.1

Expansion of Vocational and Technical Qualifications in Scotland’s Secondary Schools - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Michael Marra, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, March 20, 2023

Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Result 54 for, 65 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote Vote Defeated