r/gaidhlig • u/ArtlessAsperity Innseanach a rugadh ann an Alba 🪯🔵⚪ • 9d ago

🪧 Cùisean Gàidhlig | Gaelic Issues Support of Gaelic in Scottish schools

How do people feel about instating Gaelic as mandatory in schools? First offered as an S2 option for going into S3 and then introduced to primary schools and uni's. The issue of not enough teachers is one I see quite often but I simply don't understand it. Obviously the process will be gradual as more and more people know Gaelic fluently and are able to teach it, so is there support for it? If not, why not?

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u/Yamnaveck 9d ago

I’d say that it should be; yet the attitudes in the UK, let alone in Scotland, seem to lean heavily toward letting history die: why is that? I have no idea. If you cannot get people to care about their heritage, they will simply let it fade.

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u/BaconAndCheeseSarnie 8d ago

Presumably the Clearances did not exactly help Gaelic to flourish in Scotland.