New international opportunities for all Scottish schools
Tuesday 02 June 2009
The British Council's Chief Executive, Martin Davidson, has announced new international opportunities for Scottish schools to link with partners from the Middle East to Latin America, marking the continued growth of British Council programmes in Scotland.
Speaking at a Scottish Parliament reception to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the British Council he highlighted the international challenges and tensions facing the world when the British Council was first established in 1934, and how they have changed over the years.
Connecting Classrooms is the British Council's global programme for schools, creating sustainable partnerships between groups of schools in the UK and around the world. Through these partnerships, the programme builds trust and understanding between societies and develops young people as global citizens, prepared for life and work in our global society.
British Council is working in partnership with the curriculum development body Learning and Teaching Scotland to develop the programme in Scotland and offer schools new international opportunities to enhance the delivery of Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence. The new opportunities will offer links with up to 20 countries across three continents.
Currently, schools in nine Scottish local authorities are signed up to Connecting Classrooms. The shared ambition with Learning and Teaching Scotland is that a total of 16 local authorities will be signed up this year and that all 32 Scottish local authorities will have had the opportunity to take part by 2012
http://www.britishcouncil.org/scotland-learning-connecting-classrooms