Press Release
5th October 2001
Education Minister Praises Inverclyde School Staff
Inverclyde Council’s Director of Education, Bernard McLeary, yesterday watched from the Scottish Parliament’s public gallery as Education Minister, Jack McConnell, congratulated him and his staff on their excellent HMI inspection report.
The Minister was responding to a question put by MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, who asked:
"Is the minister aware of the excellent HMI inspection of Inverclyde Council that was published on 25 September and which found that, of the 11 performance measures, Inverclyde Council was very good in seven and good on the remaining four?
"Does he agree with me — given that Inverclyde Council continues to face the challenges of poverty and deprivation — that the director of education, Bernard McLeary, and his staff deserve our special congratulations on the achievement?"
The minister agreed, responding:
"Yes, and I understand that Mr McLeary is here today. I take the opportunity to congratulate him and his department on their hard work.
"I visited schools in the Inverclyde Council area and saw their efforts, sometimes in buildings that are in urgent need of modernisation and renewal. The work of staff and pupils in the Inverclyde Council area is first class. The department deserves much credit for its efforts to support that."
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