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With the first university in Scotland producing graduates almost 600 years ago, there has always been a keen understanding of the need for and place in Scottish society, of education. As society has evolved the requirement for a highly educated and highly trained population has increased and never more so than over the last couple of decades. Tied in with the need to produce an increasingly skilled workforce has been the commitment to develop a truly inclusive educational system. This has been taken forward by building on the provision of free compulsory schooling for children aged 5 to 16 together with more recent initiatives on improving access to pre-school facilities, widening opportunities for students and developing life long learning opportunities for adult learners.
In an increasingly complex society the need for individuals to receive training and education throughout their life is important not only from an employment perspective but also so that people can fully participate in technological advances and take advantage of developments in provision of services, access to information and decision making. Focus on education and training is therefore not restricted to one age-group or one set of needs, but involves pre-school, primary school, secondary school, special needs, further education, higher education and adult learning. It is also important that the country produces suitable and sufficient educators and has appropriate learning environments.
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