Skills for Scotland

In June 2007 it was announced that Scottish Ministers would develop a Skills Strategy for Scotland within the first 100 days of the new administration.

This Skills Strategy sets out the Government’s ambitions for skills, in a lifelong learning context, from cradle to grave. In keeping with both its voluntary and statutory commitments, the strategy has the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination at its core.

The strategy is a framework to show how all of the constituent parts of our education and learning systems can contribute to giving Scotland a world class skills base. As well as aiming to promote equal access to, and participation in, skills and learning for all, the Government will aim to recognise people’s different needs, situations and goals and remove the barriers that limit what people can do and can be.

Each part of the strategy covers very specific target groups from early years through to adulthood. Systems are in place to consider fully the equalities implications for the relevant audience in each policy area.