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From next Monday - August 31st - new guidance will be in place around wearing face coverings in schools in Scotland.
The Commissioner and the Chair of the Poverty and Inequality Commission are urging the Scottish Government to take action now to tackle child poverty.
Ahead of incorporation of the UNCRC into Scots law, the Bill takes significant steps towards realising children’s rights.
Access to water is a human right, and it's the law in Scotland that pupils should get it at school. If this isn't happening, this is what you should do.
Statement from Commissioner Bruce Adamson on today's Ministerial Statement by Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills John Swinney MSP.
The Children’s Commissioner’s offices of the UK organised an event where young people could ask questions to scientists from the UK’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). Listen to it here.
The Commissioner has written to the SQA and Scottish Government calling on them to make sure young people get the results they deserve.
We’re calling again on the SQA and Scottish Government to make sure that young people getting their results tomorrow aren’t disadvantaged.
The coronavirus emergency has demonstrated how easily children are left with no voice, even as governments struggle to deliver policy aimed to benefit them, the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland said today.