Question reference: S5W-36044
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the third annual report of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Training Strategy for Scotland.
Answer
The third annual report of the STEM Education and Training Strategy will be published on the Scottish Government website later today ( https://www.gov.scot/publications/stem-strategy-for-education-and-training-third-annual-report/ )
The report shows that, despite current restrictions to contain COVID-19, the Strategy has continued to deliver high quality support for STEM education and training. Programmes of e-learning are being successfully delivered, STEM apprenticeships numbers have increased and the Logan Review of computing education has highlighted how fundamental computing skills are to the future lives of our young people.