'I have heard the anger of students' John Swinney to announce plan to address Scots exam marking scandal

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Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterSecondary school pupils in Ayrshire will be told to wear face masks from Monday (August 31).The Scottish Government confirmed this morning that they would be implementing the guidance following a review of safety measures.Pupils will have to wear face coverings in corridors and communal areas but there will also be exemptions, the Government has said.Education Secretary John Swinney told BBC Good

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Scottish independence in the future, the Deputy First Minister has said. John Swinney hit back at a comment from Tory minister Michael Gove who had questioned whether the voting franchise should remain the same as the 2014 referendum.

education expert.Lindsay Paterson, professor of education policy at ­Edinburgh University, believes the move will identify and ­benefit those who were given inflated grades by their teachers.The academic’s advice comes as it emerged John Swinney’s exams scandal will cost ­taxpayers more than £3million.Some 75,000 pupils will be issued with updated grades after the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) moderated ­children from poor areas more harshly than those from the most affluent

school results scandal.The First Minister praised Professor Mark Priestley, who came out for the SNP at the general election, for his skills and experience and said he is the right person for the job.Education Secretary John Swinney this week made a u-turn after confirming that around 120,000 downgraded results would be reversed following a backlash by pupils and parents.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood,

John Swinney has held on to his job after surviving a no-confidence vote over the pupil grades scandal. He was kept in post after securing the support of the pro-independence Scottish Greens.

Scottish Government’s dramatic exam results U-turn.Erin Bleakley tearfully told of her joy after Education Secretary John Swinney announced all downgraded results would be reverted back to those predicted by teachers.The 17-year-old organised a rally in George Square last week after the SQA exam board used a system to 'normalise' the results which left thousands of young people with grades lower than those predicted by their teachers.Erin, from Shettleston in Glasgow, had held a banner in George

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Mock exam grades will be able to be used to allow GCSE and A-level students in England to progress to university, college and employment, the government is set to announce.Unions have been calling on the Government to follow Scotland’s lead in scrapping moderated grades after the downgrading of more than 124,000 results was reversed.Schools held mock exams before they were forced to close to try and control the spread of Covid-19.The results of those tests will now carry the same weight as the

pupils across Scotland caught up in an exams fiasco which penalised pupils in poorer communities.The First Minister made the significant apology days after pupils protested and calls were made for Education Secretary John Swinney to resign.At her regular briefing, Sturgeon said: "I do acknowledge that we did not get this right and I am sorry for that."The U-turn comes after defending a system brought in to grade pupils who were unable to sit normal exams because of the Covid-19 health

John Swinney has signaled a U-turn on the SQA exams scandal. Swinney, who faces a no-confidence vote in the Scottish Parliament, is set to make a statement on Tuesday after pupils and teachers raised concerns about the crisis.Pupils who are unhappy with their exam results will be able to appeal them for free.

Get the latest politics news sent straight to your inbox every FridayLabour are demanding Education Secretary John Swinney quits for his role in an exam results "shambles".The party said the senior SNP Government minister has "lost control" as anger grows at the way results were downgraded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority.Results this week showed pupils from poorer communities were more likely to have grades "moderated" down from teachers' estimates, sparking protests from young people

asked First Minister Nicola ­Sturgeon why her hard work was being “wiped out” because she lives in the wrong postcode.Erin Bleakley called on the Scottish Government to reverse the downgrading of results of thousands of children, mostly from poorer areas.And the 17-year-old hopes today’s rally in Glasgow’s George Square will force Sturgeon and Education Secretary John Swinney to clear up the mess.The coronavirus pandemic led to the cancellation of exams in all schools, with teachers asked to

John Swinney after receiving her exam results claiming she has been penalised for the school she goes to. Eva Peteranna, 17, says her dreams of being a medic could be at risk after she was given a disappointing set of results.

school grades system.The Education Secretary argued that the controversial system, which saw the results of pupils downgraded, had seen the attainment gap close.However, his comments were derided by critics on social media.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our governments are handling the coronavirus pandemic.To sign up, simply enter your email

exam entries were downgraded in Scotland after estimates by teachers were adjusted by officials. Overall Scottish school results show increases in National 5, Highers and Advanced Highers compared with last year.

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