Question reference: S6W-26798
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 10 April 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is currently providing for anti-racism education, and what organisations it is funding that carry out anti-racism education.
Answer
The Scottish Government is absolutely committed to embedding anti-racism in education. As part of the Anti-Racism in Education Programme for financial year 2023-24 the Scottish Government provided the following funding aimed at providing anti-racist education. Funding streams for 24-25 will be published in due course.
Funding recipient | What is being funded? | Amount of funding in 2023-24 |
General Teaching Council for Scotland | This funds a specialist race equality post within the GTCS. | £97,708 |
Education Scotland | Delivery of the Building Racial Literacy Programme | £62,803 |
Education Scotland | This funds a specialist race equality post within education Scotland. | £25,200 |
Intercultural Youth Scotland | Delivery of a programme of engagement with children and young people on behalf of the Anti-Racism in Education Programme. | £37,818 |
Scottish Association of Minority Ethnic Educators | Delivery of the Leadership, mentoring and wellbeing course for minority ethnic educators | £58,900 |
Calabar Education Consultants Ltd. | Development of an action guide for the anti-racist recruitment, retention and progression of minority ethnic teachers. | £9520 |
Intercultural Youth Scotland | IYS School Education Partnerships in secondary schools | £200,000 |
ScotDEC Global Citizenship Education | Development of two new resources for anti-racism in education on health and wellbeing and early years | £60,000 |
Over 30 schools and education settings | Small Grants Fund for Children and Young People-led anti-racism in education | £25,000 |
Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling | Teaching Slavery in Scotland Programme of Professional Learning for educators | £45,000 |