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Education, Children and Young People Committee
Pre-Budget Scrutiny and the Scottish Attainment Challenge
Meeting date: 27 September 2023
Willie Rennie
I have one final question. The programme for government says that there will be a digital service that will lay the foundations to transform the childcare system in the longer term. What on earth does that mean?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Pre-Budget Scrutiny and the Scottish Attainment Challenge
Meeting date: 27 September 2023
Willie Rennie
Is it a booking system?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Pre-Budget Scrutiny and the Scottish Attainment Challenge
Meeting date: 27 September 2023
Willie Rennie
I understand the technical explanation—we have heard that before—but, at that time, you could have made a decision to apply the policy of having no compulsory redundancies to the college sector, but you did not. I am wondering why you excluded colleges from it.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Pre-Budget Scrutiny and the Scottish Attainment Challenge
Meeting date: 27 September 2023
Willie Rennie
It sounds like a booking system. Anyway, we will move on.
10:15Education, Children and Young People Committee
Pre-Budget Scrutiny and the Scottish Attainment Challenge
Meeting date: 27 September 2023
Willie Rennie
I wish that I had your confidence, but that is not what I am hearing, which is that the sector is really struggling with the differentials. I will leave it at that.
I am keen to understand the timescales for the roll-out of further provision that the cabinet secretary referred to. Can you tell us more about how that is progressing?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment
Meeting date: 20 September 2023
Willie Rennie
I would be interested in your reaction to Fiona Robertson’s comments at the committee meeting last week. In particular, she warned about
“unintended consequences, particularly around equity and the personal pathway element.”
She said that
“it would be important that such an SDA could benefit all learners, whatever their pathway … particularly around equity and the personal pathway element.”—[Official Report, Education, Children and Young People Committee, 13 September 2023, c 39.]
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Meeting date: 20 September 2023
Willie Rennie
Why do we still have so many teachers on short-term contracts? Who wants to answer that? Douglas, do you want to have a go?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Meeting date: 20 September 2023
Willie Rennie
Do you recognise that there is a significant difference between the fees that are paid for council nurseries and those that are paid in the PVI sector?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Meeting date: 20 September 2023
Willie Rennie
The outcome seems to be that the PVI sector is losing significant numbers of experienced staff. It is not able to retain them because the sector cannot pay rates that are competitive with other the rates of other organisations inside or outside the sector. They are really worried about the sector’s future. Do you not recognise that?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Meeting date: 20 September 2023
Willie Rennie
Does that make it any better?
