Editing Scottish Gaelic (section)

====Scotland====
{{Main|Scottish Gaelic medium education}}

[[File:Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu.jpg|thumb|left|{{lang|gd|Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu}} ([[Glasgow Gaelic School]])]]

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! Year !! Number of<br />students in <br />Gaelic medium<br />education !! Percentage<br />of all<br /> students<br />in Scotland
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| 2005 || 2,480 || 0.35%
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| 2006 || 2,535 || 0.36%<ref>[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/27083941/20 Pupils in Scotland, 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201074958/http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/27083941/20 |date=1 December 2008 }} from scot.gov.uk. Published February 2007, Scottish Government.</ref>
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| 2007 || 2,601 || 0.38%
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| 2008 || 2,766 || 0.40%<ref>[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/04/01090908/1 Pupils in Scotland, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607080846/http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/04/01090908/1 |date=7 June 2011 }} from scot.gov.uk. Published February 2009, Scottish Government.</ref>
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| 2009 || 2,638 || 0.39%<ref>[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/293700/0090772.pdf Pupils in Scotland, 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607080948/http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/293700/0090772.pdf |date=7 June 2011 }} from scotland.gov.uk. Published 27 November 2009, Scottish Government.</ref>
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| 2010 || 2,647 || 0.39%<ref name="scotland.gov.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/pupilsupdata |title=Scottish Government: Pupils Census, Supplementary Data |publisher=Scotland.gov.uk |date=14 June 2011 |access-date=27 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121222525/http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/pupilsupdata |archive-date=21 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2011 || 2,929 || 0.44%<ref>[http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/supppupils2011 Pupil Census, Supplementary data 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227162446/http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/supppupils2011 |date=27 February 2015 }} Spreadsheet published 3 February 2012 (Table 1.13)</ref>
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| 2012 || 2,871 || 0.43%<ref>[http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/pupcensus2012 Pupil Census, Supplementary data 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227162201/http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/pupcensus2012 |date=27 February 2015 }} Spreadsheet published 11 December 2012 (Table 1.13)</ref>
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| 2013 || 2,953 || 0.44%<ref>[http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/pupcensus2013 Pupil Census, Supplementary data 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227170233/http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/pupcensus2013 |date=27 February 2015 }} Spreadsheet (Table 1.13)</ref>
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| 2014 || 3,583 || 0.53%<ref>[http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/dspupcensus Pupil Census, Supplementary data 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227162443/http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/dspupcensus |date=27 February 2015 }} Spreadsheet (Table 1.13)</ref>
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| 2015 || 3,660 || 0.54%<ref>[http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/dspupcensus15 Pupil Census, Supplementary data 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301030947/http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/dspupcensus15 |date=1 March 2016 }} Spreadsheet (Table 1.13)</ref>
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| 2016 || 3,892 || 0.57%<ref>[http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/dspupcensus16 Pupil Census, Supplementary data 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214181332/http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/dspupcensus16 |date=14 February 2017 }} Spreadsheet (Table 1.13)</ref>
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| 2017 || 3,965 || 0.58%<ref>[http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/dspupcensus17 Pupil Census, Supplementary data 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517223422/http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/dspupcensus17 |date=17 May 2018 }} Spreadsheet (Table 1.13)</ref>
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| 2018 || 4,343 || 0.63%<ref>[https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/dspupcensus18 Pupil Census, Supplementary data 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404150300/https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus/dspupcensus18 |date=4 April 2019 }} Spreadsheet (Table 1.13)</ref>
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| 2019 || 4,631 || 0.66%
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| 2020 || 4,849 || 0.69%
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| 2021 || 5,066 || 
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| 2022 || 5,110 || 
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| 2023 || 5,461 || <ref>[https://www.statista.com/statistics/331849/scotland-gaelic-language-student-figures/ Number of primary and high school students taught using the Gaelic language in Scotland from 2018 to 2023]</ref>
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The Education (Scotland) Act 1872, which completely ignored Gaelic and led to generations of Gaels being forbidden to speak their native language in the classroom is now recognised as having dealt a major blow to the language. People still living in 2001 could recall being beaten for speaking Gaelic in school.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pagoeta |first=Mikel Morris |title=Europe Phrasebook |publisher=[[Lonely Planet]] |year=2001 |page=416 |isbn=978-1-86450-224-4}}</ref> Even later, when these attitudes had changed, little provision was made for Gaelic medium education in Scottish schools. As late as 1958, even in Highland schools, only 20% of primary students were taught Gaelic as a subject, and only 5% were taught other subjects through the Gaelic language.<ref name="O'Hanlon 2012"/>

Gaelic-medium playgroups for young children began to appear in Scotland during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Parent enthusiasm may have been a factor in the "establishment of the first Gaelic medium primary school units in Glasgow and Inverness in 1985".<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=O'Hanlon |first=Fiona |year=2012 |title=Lost in transition? Celtic language revitalization in Scotland and Wales: the primary to secondary school stage |publisher=The University of Edinburgh |page=48 }}</ref>

The first modern solely Gaelic-medium secondary school, {{lang|gd|[[Glasgow Gaelic School|Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu]]}} ("Glasgow Gaelic School"), was opened at Woodside in [[Glasgow]] in 2006 (61 partially Gaelic-medium primary schools and approximately a dozen Gaelic-medium secondary schools also exist). According to {{lang|gd|Bòrd na Gàidhlig}}, a total of 2,092 primary pupils were enrolled in Gaelic-medium primary education in 2008–09, as opposed to 24 in 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Gaelforce-wind-of-change-in.4637948.jp |title=Gael-force wind of change in the classroom |work=The Scotsman |date=29 October 2008 |access-date=8 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030114836/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Gaelforce-wind-of-change-in.4637948.jp |archive-date=30 October 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Columba Initiative]], also known as {{lang|gd|colmcille}} (formerly {{lang|gd|Iomairt Cholm Cille}}), is a body that seeks to promote links between speakers of Scottish Gaelic and Irish.

In November 2019, the language-learning app [[Duolingo]] opened a [[Software testing|beta]] course in Gaelic.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-50579327|title=Thousands sign up for new online Gaelic course|date=28 November 2019|work=BBC News|access-date=30 November 2019|archive-date=30 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130131550/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-50579327|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-gaelic-course-on-duolingo-app-has-20-000-signups-ahead-of-launch-1-5053411|title=Scottish Gaelic course on Duolingo app has 20,000 signups ahead of launch|website=www.scotsman.com|date=28 November 2019|access-date=30 November 2019|archive-date=29 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129165941/https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-gaelic-course-on-duolingo-app-has-20-000-signups-ahead-of-launch-1-5053411|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/scotland/1030484/tens-of-thousands-sign-up-in-matter-of-hours-as-duolingo-releases-scottish-gaelic-course/|title=Tens of thousands sign up in matter of hours as Duolingo releases Scottish Gaelic course|first=Blair|last=Dingwall|date=28 November 2019 |access-date=30 November 2019|archive-date=29 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129144602/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/scotland/1030484/tens-of-thousands-sign-up-in-matter-of-hours-as-duolingo-releases-scottish-gaelic-course/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Starting from summer 2020, children starting school in the [[Outer Hebrides|Western Isles]] will be enrolled in GME (Gaelic-medium education) unless parents request differently. Children will be taught Scottish Gaelic from P1 to P4 and then English will be introduced to give them a bilingual education.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51221475|title=Gaelic to be 'default' in Western Isles schools|date=2020-01-23|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-01-24|language=en-GB|archive-date=24 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124024444/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51221475|url-status=live}}</ref>