The First Minister’s Reading Challenge will feature in the schools up to S3, with the aim of keeping pupils engaged at a time when reading for pleasure often drops off.
Earlier this year the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced the scheme would be expanded to all primary children, following a year’s trial from P4 to P7 that drew more than three quarters of state primary schools.
“I am incredibly proud of the success the First Minister’s Reading Challenge has had in nurturing a love of reading for pleasure among Scotland’s young people, which is why this expansion to secondary schools is so exciting,” Ms Sturgeon said on a visit to one of the pilot schools, St Andrew’s and St Bride’s High, East Kilbride.
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