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Gaelic medium education (G.M.E. or GME; Scottish Gaelic: ''Foghlam tro Mheadhan na Gàidhlig'') is a form of education in Scotland that allows pupils to be taught primarily through the medium of Scottish Gaelic, with English being taught as the secondary language. Gaelic medium education is increasingly popular throughout Scotland, and the number of pupils who are in Gaelic medium education has risen from 24 in 1985 (its first year)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/studyingscotland/resourcesforlearning/literaturelanguage/scotlandslanguages/gaelic.asp )〕 to 3,583 in 2014.〔(Scottish Government: Pupils Census, Supplementary Data, 2014 ); updated 24 February 2015〕 The current figure is the highest number of Gaelic medium Education pupils in Scotland since the 2005 passage of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act by the Scottish Parliament. ==Current provision== In 2014, 11,349 pupils in Scotland were receiving some kind of education in Gaelic representing 1.7% of the country's student population. This figure is higher than Scotland's overall rate of Gaelic-speakers which stood at 1.1% in 2011. Over 3,500 students in Scotland were enrolled in Gaelic medium education in 2014, a 25% increase in only two years and a 35% increase over 2010 figures.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus )〕 Six council areas had a higher than average enrollment of students in Gaelic Medium Education: Eilean Siar (27.19%); Highland (3.39%); Argyll & Bute (1.56%); Glasgow City (1.16%); North Lanarkshire (1.05%); and Edinburgh City (0.55%). All Gaelic medium education students in Argyll & Bute and Edinburgh City are at the primary level only. Nearly 7,800 other pupils in Scotland were receiving instruction in Gaelic language courses in 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus )〕 In Eilean Siar, 94.23% of all pupils were receiving some form of Gaelic-language education in 2014. In second place was the Highland council area at 9.00%, with Argyll & Bute in third at 7.39%. On the reverse side, fifteen council areas had no students at all receiving any education in Gaelic. There are a handful of dedicated Gaelic medium schools in the country. The largest is Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu〔(Gaelic Education )〕 (Glasgow Gaelic School), established in 2006 and catering to pupils aged three to eighteen, the country's first 3-18 Gaelic medium school. At the beginning of the 2013-14 year the school enrolled 680 pupils.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/schoolestatestats/schestate2014 )〕 This is up from 554 students just two years previous.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/schoolestatestats/schestate2012 )〕 Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Inbhir Nis opened in 2007 in Inverness and serves pupils in class 1-7,〔https://bunsgoilghaidhliginbhirnis.wordpress.com/about/〕 as does Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce which opened in 2013 in the capital city of Edinburgh. Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce enrolled 213 pupils at the start of its first year in operation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/schoolestatestats/schestate2014 )〕 A new Gaelic medium primary school, Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Loch Abaris, opened in Caol near Fort William in 2015, and a similar school is currently under construction in Portree. As there are still relatively few such schools, however, Gaelic medium education is mainly provided through Gaelic medium units within English-speaking schools. Bunsgoil Shlèite, on the Isle of Skye, is the exception in that it is a Gaelic school with an English Medium Unit. The largest Gaelic unit is at Mount Cameron Primary School in East Kilbride which enrolled 68 pupils at the start of the 2013-14 school year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/schoolestatestats/schestate2014 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gaelic medium education in Scotland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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