124.Section 40 requires the Scottish Ministers to promote, facilitate and support Scots language education in schools. The Scottish Ministers must in particular promote, facilitate and support the provision of adequate education resources in Scots. This could include resources such as worksheets, reading books and other learning materials.
125.An education authority must also promote, facilitate and support Scots language education in the schools under its management. An education authority may discharge its duty through teaching and learning in the dialect of the Scots language most relevant to its area: for example, in the north east this could be provided in Doric.
Commentary on Provisions Part 2: Scots Chapter 2: School education Section 40: Scots language education in schools