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That creates opportunities and allows previously unacknowledged achievements to be recognised. The uptake of the new national qualifications has been greater than expected.
There is also an issue with getting other public sector bodies to buy into and use those services.With the new duties coming into place, the matter will receive much more emphasis, but capacity is an issue and we are not training the people we would need to train to meet the need.
As a recent briefing from Children in Scotland acknowledges, rural authorities have some significant problems in implementing all the latest proposals. Much good work is being done by teachers and advisers in the Borders.
As members will know, the First Minister visited the region on Monday and took the opportunity to meet with Norma Hart, the chief executive of Dumfries and Galloway Tourist Board, and Norma Findlay.