Current status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to promote the teaching of countryside based skills such as gamekeeping in schools.
The detailed management and delivery of the curriculum in Scotland rests with education authorities and schools. To support the role of schools and education authorities, advice and guidance on the curriculum is provided by the Scottish Executive and other agencies. National guidelines on the 5-14 curriculum for environmental studies provide schools with the opportunity to promote the teaching and learning of skills associated with the countryside. There are also opportunities within the National Qualifications framework for the development of such skills.