Petitioner: Jade McDonald
Status:
Closed
Date Lodged:
09 December 2020
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to help raise awareness of the learning disability 'dyscalculia'.
9 December 2020: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Scottish Government has recently updated the statutory guidance on the Implementation of Additional Support for Learning, which explains the duties on education authorities and other agencies to support children's and young people's learning and sets out arrangements for avoiding and resolving differences and has recently published its additional support for learning action plan to address the recommendations of the independent review of the implementation of additional support for learning, and the Education and Skills Committee has been, and continues to investigate additional support for learning. The Committee also agreed to write to the Education and Skills Committee. Official Report of Meeting 9 December 2020
Written submissions
PE1833/A: Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 23 November 2020 (71KB pdf)
3-5% of the population are diagnosed with this dyscalculia, resulting in difficulty in understanding numbers, learning how to manipulate numbers, performing mathematical calculations and learning facts in mathematics.
Do you agrees that it is important to be able to identify disabilities like dyscalculia early, allowing young people to reach their true potential?