PE1879: Provide an accessible and professionally developed learning and teaching resource on Israel and Palestine
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to acknowledge the right of Scotland's pupils to a bias-free education on the topic of Israel-Palestine by:
* ensuring Education Scotland hosts an accessible and professionally developed learning and teaching resource on its national intranet service
* re-establishing a ‘strategic review group’ to oversee any revision of the original resource developed in 2016.
Petitioner: Hugh Humphries on behalf of Scottish Friends of Palestine
Status: Closed
Date published: 15 June 2021
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe briefing (139KB, pdf) posted 12 August 2021
Committee meetings
6 October 2021: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Curriculum for Excellence does not prescribe set topics and allows local authorities and individual schools to develop curricula informed by the local needs of learners; and the Scottish Government states that both it and Education Scotland consider their involvement in the resources to be closed. The Committee also agreed to bring the petition to the attention of the relevant Cross-Party Groups.
Official Report of Meeting 6 October 2021
Written Submissions
PE1879/A: Scottish Government submission of 19 August 2021
PE1879/B: Petitioner submission of 7 September 2021
PE1879/C: Arthur West submission of 21 September 2021
PE1879/D: Petitioner submission of 21 September 2021
PE1879/E: Frank Thomas submission of 22 September 2021
PE1879/F: John Mitchell submission of 23 September 2021
PE1879/G: Alison Phillips submission of 26 September 2021
PE1879/H: Scottish Friends of Israel submission of 2 October 2021