It is important that there are opportunities for all Scots to celebrate their language and traditions and to participate fully in the cultural life of their own community and of Scotland. The different languages and dialects spoken in Scotland provide clear links with the family and community traditions which enrich our culture. We shall establish an action group to investigate how the languages and cultural traditions of Scotland's ethnic minorities can be supported. Continue to support the production of education resources which encourage language diversity and learning about all the languages spoken in Scotland Establish an action group to consider how the languages and cultural traditions of Scotland's ethnic minorities can be supported and how their contribution to Scotland's culture can be recognised and celebrated. The way in which Scotland's heritage is presented and celebrated has a continuing effect on how we see ourselves as national and world citizens.
Heritage encompasses both the modern and ancient, myth and reality.
History is both a facet of national culture and a means of its transmission, particularly through the process of formal education and the presentation of Scotland's heritage to a wider public. The education system has a key role to play, as do national agencies with the responsibility for conserving and presenting the evidence of Scotland's past. It is unrealistic to expect that every school can provide a comprehensive history of Scotland. There are many other pressures on the curriculum. It is, however, reasonable to assume that children and young people in Scotland should gain from formal education an overview of Scotland's past which allows them to set their own society in context.