Taic?CNSA threatened with destruction

[Gràisg]

'CNSA/TAIC have also been crucially instrumental in the development of some 60 Gaelic medium primary schools, numerous parent language courses, staff and tutor training courses that are at the forefront of international best practise. CNSA/TAIC have brought these developments forward, very often under very tight financial constraints, severe staff shortages, and outright opposition by those who want to control or restrict Gaelic aspirations.

It is worth noting that since Bòrd na Gàidhlig took over control from the Scottish Government with responsibility for Gaelic expansion, only two new Gaelic medium primary units have opened.'

Tuilleadh air a' bhlog a tha seo
http://sgoilearan-beaga.blogspot.com/20 ... ccnsa.html

[akerbeltz]

Careful with linking one with the other. I have no bone with CNSA but my take on the stagnation is not the lack of demand but the lack of teachers and teachers willing to work outside urban areas.

[Níall Beag]

Rather than continually firing off polemic press releases, it would be nice if Finlay would address some of the questions that come up.

A) Did the Bord not say that they were concerned that TAIC's goals were unclear? What did TAIC do to address this, that BnaG haven't taken into account.

B) Were the Bord not concerned that TAIC engaged in multiple different activities? Did TAIC apply for specific funding for each activity, of did TAIC apply for funding at the level of the organisation?

This all makes a big difference. I'm inclined to believe that if TAIC had put in an application for the preschool work specifically, it would have been looked on favourably, but the sales pitch we're given on the importance of the former CNSA tends to obscure the matter of whether funding TAIC would have in effect been cross-subsidising things like TIP with preschool money.

I know Finlay has the best of intentions -- no-one's questioning that -- but he can't escape the inevitable: Ùlpan is the only game in town when it comes to publically funding for adult learners. (A Thighearna, dèan tròcair oirnn.)

[Níall Beag]

He's not going to win anyone over with ad hominem attacks. This isn't the end for him -- right now he should be weighing up his options. If I was in his shoes, I'd be looking at which courses he can deliver viably at commercial rates and talking to the Gaelic community groups to negotiate subsidies at the local level, where he may still have a few friends (lots of Comann nan Pàrant people on the community groups).

But I'd probably just bugger off on sabbatical and get a cushy consultant's post in sunnier climes, to take the tarnish off the CV.