National Courses Oral Question 04/02/10 [S]
During Question Time on 4 February 2010 Alison McInnes' (LD) asked the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the capacity of schools to timetable for pupils to study multiple national courses at secondary 4 level after their introduction in 2013.
The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Michael Russell, replied that the number and range of qualifications that are undertaken by young people will be for schools, education authorities, colleges, parents and young people themselves to decide.
The new qualifications will be designed to build on prior learning and will be flexible enough to be timetabled in many different ways. It is expected that young people will have the opportunity to study up to eight qualifications from S4.
For the full answer to this and any subsidiary questions see the Scottish Parliament Official Report 4 February 2010 which is available from the Scottish Parliament website.
Further Information
Scottish Parliament Official Report 4 February 2010
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