Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce

As an amendment to motion S4M-11901 in the name of Roseanna Cunningham (Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce), insert at end "; understands that employers are calling for more emphasis on employability to help prepare education leavers for the complex demands of the labour market; is particularly concerned with weaknesses in basic literacy standards and with the comparative evidence, noted in the recent Audit Scotland report, School education, which highlights some decline in overall numeracy standards between P7 and S2; recognises the urgent need for more, fully trained science teachers in primary schools to help address the weak uptake of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, and urges the Scottish Government to use the excellent training facilities, expertise and experience of Scottish colleges to help deliver this strategy for young people".