Minister for Schools and Skills Totally Explained

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The Minister for Schools and Skills is a Junior ministerial post in the Education Department of the Scottish Government. As a result, the minister doesn't attend the Scottish Cabinet. The post was created in May 2007 after the appointment of the Scottish National Party minority administration and the minister reports to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, who has overall responsibility for the portfolio, and is a member of cabinet. The Minister for Schools and Skills has specific responsibility for school education, training and skills, HM Inspectorate of Education and the Scottish Qualifications Authority.

Minister

The current Minister for Schools and Skills is Maureen Watt MSP.

Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	1.	Maureen Watt	17 May, 2007	Incumbent	Scottish National Party

History

From 1999 to 2000 responsibility for Schools rested with the Minister for Children and Education, which became the Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs in the McLeish Government of 2000 to 2001. From 2001 to 2007 the Schools portfolio rested with the Minister for Education and Young People. The Skills brief also rested with the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning between 1999 and 2007. The Salmond government, elected following the the Scottish Parliament election, 2007 created the junior post of the Minister for Schools and Skills who assists the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, in the Scottish Executive Education Department.

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