Question reference: S5W-08542
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 31 March 2017
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 April 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-01917 by John Swinney on 31 August 2016, whether the Strategic Board for Teacher Education has made any recommendations regarding improving diversity within the teaching workforce.
Answer
At the meeting of the Strategic Board for Teacher Education on 18 January 2017 the Board discussed the underrepresentation of teachers from ethnic minority backgrounds in the teaching profession. As part of this discussion the Board received a presentation on research related to the issues of recruitment and retention of teachers from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Further to this the Board agreed to establish a small working group charged with making recommendations related to the range of factors that are involved in the under-representation of BME groups in teaching.