Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
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To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has formed an advisory group to consider the future of online resources and a national intranet for education.
To ask the Scottish Executive who will take day-to-day responsibility for maintenance of the user base of the Glow replacement and who will operate the platform.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the business rationale was for abandoning the Glow replacement procurement exercise.
To ask the Scottish Executive what system will replace Glow and whether this will retain the national user identity and authentication system.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether an advisory group was set up to consider and advise on the future of Glow and, if so, when it was formed; how many times it has met; what organisations are represented on the group; what the membership is; what the selection criteria were for membership, and whether minutes were taken of the meetings.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will protect the investment in resources on Glow to date when it is migrated to the new platform.
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with Historic Scotland concerning staffing matters.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it has engaged with school communities and what assessment it has made of their preparedness for the introduction of the (a) Curriculum for Excellence and (b) new national exams.
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received requesting a delay in the introduction of the (a) Curriculum for Excellence and (b) new national exams.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it has engaged with local authorities regarding the introduction of the (a) Curriculum for Excellence and (b) new national exams.