New Gaelic Medium Primary Unit for the Glen Urquhart area

[Mike_Oettle]

While teaching in Gaelic might not be practical for the entire school curriculum, I am thrilled to learn that Rab’s son is learning in Gaelic at school.
Scottish Gaelic has been at risk of dying out completely, and its use in schools will hopefully turn the tide.
I would not argue that it should be taught in all of Scotland, since the country was never entirely Gaelic-speaking, but it would be most appropriate in the Highlands and the Western Isles, perhaps also at certain schools in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and in Galloway, too.
It is to be hoped that the Isle of Man will also offer teaching in its own brand of Gaelic.
The situation MacMillan of Rathdown mentions is much like that in South Africa with regard to the indigenous Bantu languages.
There simply are not enough texts for teaching in these languages.
Sad to say, the parents of Bantu-speaking children largely prefer to have their offspring educated in English only, which deprives them of their own culture.
But it would be worthwhile to encourage the extension of education in any indigenous mother tongue.
(The question of teaching immigrant children in the languages of their ancestral countries is an entirely different matter.)
Regards,
Mike