MSPS challenge ban on nursery events
Nicola Sturgeon has insisted restrictions preventing parents attending socalled “nursery graduations” should not be changed despite accusations of a “lack of logic and consistency” around the rules.
The First Minister rejected several pleas from opposition MSPS to reconsider the restrictions on events for nursery leavers and said the government’ s education advisory group has warned against them taking place.
Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, his deputy, Jackie Baillie, and Scottish Conservative MSP Meghan Gallacher, all challenged her about the issue.
Ms Sturgeon said there are “rational reasons for what appears contradictory”, in light of the Glasgow Euro 2020 fan zone being allowed to take place with thousands of fans each day, but nurseries prevented from hosting events for leavers and their parents.
She suggested cases being identified in nurseries and
schools could be particularly disruptive, with children and teachers having to isolate, and said she had been looking at the issue of “graduation” ceremonies “particularly closely” during the last week.
She said: “I absolutely recognise how important this issue is and I really, really do feel for parents who are in the position of not being able to mark the transition in a young person’s life in the normal way.”
Ms Baillie said: “The lack of logic and consistency in the application of the rules is causing confusion and upset.”