That the Parliament commends the winners of the inaugural Saroj Lal Award for City of Edinburgh Schools; understands that all Edinburgh schools were invited to nominate pupil work relating to any aspect of equalities, in any art form, and that headteachers were invited to nominate staff whose collaborative work around equalities had taken a creative approach and had an impact; notes that the winners were announced at a ceremony of award judges, the family of Saroj Lal, student/teacher nominees and their families, along with Edinburgh City Council representatives and other invited guests at Edinburgh City Chambers; recognises that Saroj Lal was one of the first BAME women to teach in a Scottish primary school when she began her role at South Morningside Primary School in 1970; considers that her many successes included being at the forefront of race relations during a period of immense political and social change, delivering anti-racism training, and starting the first local authority interpreting and translating service in Edinburgh; notes that, following her death in 2020, Saroj’s many achievements in equality, women’s rights, education, and community work are now being formally recognised, and congratulates Anum Shezad, from The Royal High School, in the Proud to be Me category, Freya Wilson, from The Flora Stevenson Primary School, in the How Prejudice Makes Me Feel category, Jess Daly, Alisha McLeod, Sara McLeod, and Jane Williams from the Rights Respecting Schools Group at Firrhill High School in the Artivism category, Rory Murray, from Firrhill High School, in the staff category, with the special Judges’ Commendation going to Jane O’Thy of Boroughmuir High School.