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 in which local authority areas secondary school pupils will make their subject choice at the end of (a) second and (b) third year.
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional financial support will be provided to schools for the introduction of the new national exams.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it can guarantee that there will be no adverse effect on local authorities that choose to delay the introduction of the new national exams.
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the preparedness of each local authority for the introduction of the (a) Curriculum for Excellence and (b) new national exams.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it has engaged with pupils to assess their views on the (a) Curriculum for Excellence and (b) new national exams and what assessment it has made of their preparedness for their introduction.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether support will be available for local authorities that choose to delay the introduction of the new national exams.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met teachers' trade unions to discuss teacher workloads.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many supply teachers each local authority has on its supply list.
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it provides to schools regarding classes that cannot be covered by a fully trained member of staff.
To ask the Scottish Executive how schools that are unable to recruit short-term supply teachers ensure that fully trained teaching staff are covering classes.