COMHAIRLE nan Eilean Siar is to receive additional £330,000 from Scottish Government to support development of Gaelicmedium education.
Members of the education, sport and children’s services committee recently noted a report on the Gaelic Specific Grant Application for 2018- 19, with Councillor Angus McCormack, chairman of the committee, saying: ‘The comhairle submits an annual application for the scheme of Gaelic specific grant for Gaelic education and has been in receipt of Gaelic funding since 1986. The comhairle recently received an additional sum of £330,000 from the Scottish Government to support the development of Gaelic-medium education and this will continue to support the establishment of Gaelic schools, the extension of provision for Gaelic pre-school education and the provision of an additional Gaelic teaching class in Tong School.’