The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) believes that, far from encouraging more study of classic Scottish novels, plays and poems as intended, the move would undermine flexibility and make it harder to follow pupils’ interests.
Earlier this year education minister Michael Russell announced that Higher English candidates would have to answer at least one such question from 2014/15. The government’s Scottish Studies Working Group had recommended that new National exams should include a specific element on Scottish texts in order to help nurture an understanding of their culture and literature.
However, a paper approved by the EIS opposes the introduction of this mandatory question.
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