Question reference: S5W-34471
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 11 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what role its agencies play in monitoring the quality of home learning provision in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answer
I have asked Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Education to commence with a national review of the quality and effectiveness of remote learning across the country. A programme of ‘national overviews’, will commence immediately and last for the duration of remote learning.
The purpose of the programme of ‘national overviews’ is to:
- Learn what is working well and share this widely to celebrate success and support consistency in the quality and effectiveness of delivery of remote learning.
- Surface the challenges and/or issues so that these can be addressed either locally or nationally, as appropriate.
- Identify what further assistance is required to continue to improve the delivery of remote learning so that relevant support can be provided at local and/or national level.
These overviews will be published weekly to ensure they are available for everyone to learn and build from, starting week ending 22 January 2021.