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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the 2005 edition of the
National Dossier on Education and Training in
Scotland.
This comprehensive and up-to-date guide to policy
developments in all sectors of the education system in
Scotland is published annually by the Scottish Executive
Education Department (
SEED) - International Relations, and is
aimed at both national and international education
audiences.
The Dossier is part-funded by the European Commission's
SOCRATES Programme via the
Eurydice Network for information on European
education and training systems. The aim of Eurydice is to
promote greater cooperation and mutual understanding across
European education systems, and we are very grateful for
their continuing support with this publication.
The information contained in the National Dossier is
based on wide consultation with policy and professional
divisions in the Scottish Executive, especially those in
the Education Department and Lifelong Learning Group, and
with
HM Inspectorate of Education amongst
many others.
Scotland's National Dossier is part of a wider European
database containing information on European education and
training systems called
Eurybase, and is updated annually by the
thirty-five national units which make up the Eurydice
network. The network comprises European Union (
EU), European Economic Area (
EEA) and three current
EU applicant countries (Bulgaria,
Romania and Turkey), with each National Dossier following
the same format and layout for ease of comparison across
countries. Eurybase can be consulted on the Eurydice web
site at
http://www.eurydice.org
under the Eurybase menu.
We would like to thank all those who have contributed to
the content and publication of this year's Dossier, not
least policy and professional colleagues and Ernie Spencer,
retired
HMI, for his painstaking work on
updating much of the content and appendix material.
There are no copyright restrictions on this document and
we encourage organisations to photocopy the material
freely, with due citation of source. We would also welcome
any comments on the content and/or design of the
document.
We hope that you find the 2005 edition of National
Dossier both helpful and informative.
Eurydice Unit, Scotland
Scottish Executive Education Department (
SEED)
eurydice@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
June 2005
Summary Diagram - Organisation of the education
system in Scotland, 2003/04
We are grateful to the
European Eurydice Unit in Brussels for
kindly allowing us to reproduce the above diagram.
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