Question reference: S6W-26838
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 11 April 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all funding streams that are being used, or could be used, to fund anti-racist education initiatives.
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 streams aimed at providing anti-racist education. Funding streams for 24-25 will be published in due course.
Funding Streams:
- Anti-Racism in Education Programme (AREP) funding stream
- Curriculum workstream of the AREP
- School Library Improvement Fund
- Holocaust Educational Trust “Lessons from Auschwitz project”
- Vision Schools Scotland
- STUC Unions into Schools project