Both countries had a similar numbers of pupils taking end of school qualifications this year. The SQA confirmed that the number of individual pupils who sat Highers this year in Scotland was 64,319. The Irish Government told The Herald that languages education was were a key part of the country’s economic policies. The Herald asked her whether Scotland should be concerned about the low numbers of pupils taking languages. “The UK Government has estimated that £48 billion is lost to the economy each year because of our poor language skills.

Source: The Herald September 10, 2022 04:06 UTC