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Last updated: 8 March 2022

Minutes of the CPG on Music meeting of 7 December 2021

Agenda item 2: Music Education Main points from attached PowerPoint presentation • The Government’s Improvement Services reported that over 41,000 young people were provided with music tuition through local authority music services (a 26% decrease due to Covid restrictions) • Music education will be affected by reviews of SQA, Education Scotland, the Inspectorate, and initial teaching education. • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are among the biggest challenges • MEPG is currently working on a new strategy with a new initiative We Make Music • We can learn from the Music Education Council’s recent report ‘Retuning our Ambitions for Music Education’ – but beware of the implementation gap • A new report: Music Education in the Primary Classroom in Scotland showing that music education is practically non-existent.

Last updated: 4 March 2022

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