Celebrating East Lothian MSYP’s Gaelic Learning Campaign

That the Parliament celebrates Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYP) Summer Ramsay’s campaign to expand Gaelic learning opportunities for young people across Scotland; congratulates Summer on her consultation with pupils in Tranent and around East Lothian, where she found significant support for expanding local provision of Gaelic Learner Education in primary schools and Gaelic Learners (Gàidhlig) courses in secondary schools; acknowledges petition PE2290, which was submitted to the Scottish Parliament by Summer to bring attention to her campaign; notes that 37 local authority secondary schools in Scotland offered at least one subject in the medium of Gaelic in 2025-26, five more than in the previous year, with 3,320 pupils across 30 secondary schools taking up Gaelic Learners (Gàidhlig) as a subject, and encourages further expansion of Gaelic learning provision in schools across Scottish local authorities, in the spirit of the Scottish Languages Act 2025.

The Member has provided the following  Gaelic translation:

Gu bheil a’ Phàrlamaid a’ cur fàilte air an iomairt aig Summer Ramsay, Ball de Phàrlamaid Òigridh na h-Alba (MSYP), gus cothroman airson Gàidhlig ionnsachadh a leudachadh do dhaoine òga air feadh na h-Alba; gu bheil i a’ cur meal-a-naidheachd air Summer airson co-chomhairle a chumail le sgoilearan ann an Tranent agus air feadh Lodainn an Ear, far an d’ fhuair i a-mach gu bheil taic nach beag ann airson a bhith a’ leudachadh Foghlam Luchd-ionnsachaidh na Gàidhlig gu h-ionadail ann am bun-sgoiltean agus cùrsaichean Gàidhlig do Luchd-ionnsachaidh ann an àrd-sgoiltean; gu bheil i ag aithneachadh athchuinge PE2290, a chuir Summer a-steach gus aire a tharraing chun na h-iomairt aice; gu bheil i a’ toirt fa-near gun robh 37 àrd-sgoiltean aig ùghdarrasan ionadail ann an Alba a’ tabhann co-dhiù aon chuspair tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig ann an 2025-26, còig a bharrachd na bha air a’ bhliadhna roimhe, le 3,320 sgoilear ann an 30 àrd-sgoiltean a’ dèanamh Gàidhlig mar chuspair; agus gu bheil i a’ brosnachadh leudachadh a bharrachd air solar ionnsachadh na Gàidhlig ann an sgoiltean ùghdarrasan ionadail air feadh na h-Alba, a rèir spiorad Achd nan Cànan Albannach 2025.