Commentary on Provisions Part 1: Gaelic Chapter 2: Education Section 18: Production of school education resources in Gaelic
67.Section 18 of the Act inserts two new sections into the 2016 Act.
68.Inserted section 6D requires the Scottish Ministers to consider whether to produce information, guidance or documents for use in school education in Gaelic where that material is produced in English. If an education authority requests a translation of such material, including material produced before the section comes into force, the Scottish Ministers must consider providing that.
69.The duty applies to material produced by the Scottish Ministers (with subsection (3) setting out in more detail what “producing material” means) which is used in the delivery of school education by teachers or is intended for use by pupils when doing their school work. This might include material relating to topics such as climate change, road safety, personal health and healthy eating which is for use in the context of the classroom.
70.Inserted section 6E requires the Scottish Ministers to keep under review the adequacy of education resources in Gaelic for use in school education, and to prepare and publish reports setting out steps they consider necessary to address any issues identified by the review.