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SQA: Direct appeals likely to be retained if exams axed
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Scottish councils launch talks with SQA over exam fees
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THE SQA is set to be overhauled as ministers bid to quell growing anger over its performance – and despite Nicola Sturgeon telling Parliament the agency has her full confidence. Critics were quick to attack the contradiction between the First Minister’s comments on Thursday and reform proposals announced shortly afterwards by Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville. Oliver Mundell, of the Scottish Conservatives, said: “Trying to tinker round the edges at reforming the SQA simply isn’t good enough. The SQA isn’t fit for purpose and must be axed. “The SNP can’t have it both ways. Nicola Sturgeon said she had full confidence in the SQA, yet a couple of hours later her Education Secretary announces that she wants to reform the SQA after its continued failures.
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Pupils celebrate good exam results, but there are growing fears that this year’s pandemic measures will cause chaos in the new school year. Schools face “chaos” after the summer holidays due to the Scottish Qualifications Authority’s decision to introduce an extended results deadline, according to criticisms that are fuelling demands for an overhaul of alternative assessment. New guidance says a “limited opportunity” to provide provisional grades by September 3 is being created to ensure “a degree of equity” for those “unduly disadvantaged” by disruption to education during the pandemic. Online study sessions will be offered over the summer so pupils are ready to sit assessments when they come back to school in August.
SQA under fire: Exams body so untrusted , MSPs warned
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