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    OECD report on assessment calls for meaningful engagement of young people

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    SYP have welcomed the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) latest report on “Upper-secondary education student assessment in…

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    SYP Welcomes Free Music Tuition Announcement

    SYP have today welcomed the news that the Scottish Government has committed to giving Councils an extra £7m to fund…

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    Consultation Response Calls for Reunion Rights and Safe Passage Routes

    White image with a quote alongside the SYP logo. The quote reads: Young people in Scotland are demanding fairer and humane changes to immigration, where the UK is upholding Human Rights, assists and protects the most vulnerable people that have found themselves in the worst possible situation where they were forced to flee their own country due to conflicts, repressions and persecution.

    This month the Scottish Youth Parliament responded to UK Government’s consultation on the ‘New Plan for Immigration’. The response is…

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    OECD Report a Chance to Put Rights at the Heart of Scottish Education

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    The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has today published its review into Scottish education. The ‘Scotland’s Curriculum for…

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    Leading children and young people charities and academics call for changes to the SQA appeals process

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    The Scottish Youth Parliament have joined other charities and academics to write an open letter to the SQA calling for…

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    Appeals Process Fails to Uphold Young People’s Rights

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    On Wednesday 2 June, the new Cabinet Secretary for Education, Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, gave a statement to the Scottish Parliament…

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    UNCRC Scotland Bill -Supreme Court Challenge Statement

    We are, like most other organisations, not able to comment on the specifics of the live legal challenge to the…

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    Children and young people meet Cabinet on landmark day as UNCRC Bill passes stage 3.

    Today saw the fifth Annual meeting between children and young people and the Scottish Cabinet I have had the privilege…

    #Human Rights, #Meaningful Engagement, #UNCRC
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    MSYPs Choose to Challenge on International Women’s Day

    To mark International Women’s Day (IWD) and to begin sharing our work on Women’s History Month, SYP brought together our…

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    Statement on Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill from SYP Board

    SYP is a human-rights based organisation. Our values of diversity and inclusion are at the heart of who we are.

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