That the Parliament commends Alva Academy on being awarded the status of a Vision School for Holocaust Education; congratulates both students and teachers on this prestigious award, which is a testament to the phenomenal work undertaken at the academy; understands that this award is in partnership with the University of West of Scotland; recognises that Holocaust education comprises learning about and from the Holocaust, contributing to anti-racist education and education for citizenship, supporting religious equality and explores the wider contemporary relevance of the Holocaust; believes that anti-racist education should be actively promoted in all schools across Scotland; notes that the Vision Schools project aims to promote excellence in Holocaust teaching by rewarding innovation, encouraging sharing of good practice and is part of a whole-establishment approach to promoting equality and inclusion and challenging discrimination and prejudice, and strongly believes that anti-Semitism and racism have no place in Scotland.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Alasdair Allan, Tom Arthur, Willie Coffey, Bruce Crawford, Annabelle Ewing, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Joan McAlpine, Stuart McMillan, Gil Paterson, Alex Rowley, Stewart Stevenson, Alexander Stewart, David Torrance, Sandra White