Strong showing across North Lanarkshire as pupils get their exam results

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referendum row after suggesting Scots-born voters in the rest of the UK might have a say in a second independence referendum. The senior Tory said giving people outside Scotland a say in the country’s future was an "interesting" idea.

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local schools. Despite best intentions, a situation was created where an unacceptable number of our young people felt trapped and that education was not a route out of poverty.The Scottish Government listened to the exemplary campaigning of pupils, their parents and teachers, and are now putting it right.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.The Covid-19 crisis response has cost North Lanarkshire Council nearly £47 million – and now up to £18.3m of new savings are needed.Cuts will have to be implemented within the next seven months for the authority to balance its books this year.Leader Jim Logue called the financial picture “an almost impossible challenge” and warned that services for residents will be affected as a result.Members have

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nearly 40 per cent of A level grades  in England were downgraded leaving some students' devastated with calls for a review and education secretary Gavin Williamson to resign.

The minority who saw their entries adjusted up will keep the higher grade.MSP Colin Smyth, said: “The restoration of pupils’ achievement based on the professional judgement of teachers who know them is a victory for fairness, for common sense and above all for those young people who refused to take this injustice lying down.”

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.North Lanarkshire’s two main political parties have came together to promote the Black Lives Matter movement.Labour and the SNP have put forward a joint motion which is set to be rubber stamped at this Thursday’s full council meeting.The motion, if approved, will see the council establish a Cross Party Working Group to understand how North Lanarkshire Council and its partners can better deliver an

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Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.North Lanarkshire’s education convener says nearly half of all Higher candidates across the authority had grades reduced in the SQA moderation process.Frank McNally says analysis of the area’s results shows 4951 individual grades, affecting 2900 young people or 46 per cent of candidates, were downgraded from their teachers’ estimates on Tuesday’s results day.He described the process – which saw pass rate estimates for

Scottish Government to reverse the downgrading of results of thousands of children, mostly from poorer areas. Students from across the country travelled to the city to protest and support their fellow pupils.

Pill the size of a Jelly Baby a new weapon in the fight against bowel cancer And 47 per cent of pupils achieved five or more awards at National 5 level, which PKC described as “encouraging.”At Higher (SCQF level six) qualifications, pupils in Perth and Kinross were awarded 3584 passes, achieving an 81 per cent pass rate.

Glasgow over their 'postcode lottery' exam results. Teenagers are expected to gather in the city centre on Friday over accusations pupils were downgraded because of their school's past achievements than personal predictions.

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Reformer : “This year has of course been an unprecedented one because of the public health crisis and it presented a very unique and challenging set of circumstances, particularly for those sitting exams.

Nicola Sturgeon has said all pupils who are unhappy with their exam results will be able to appeal them for free as the Scottish Government faced mounting criticism over how grades were awarded. For the first time in more than 130 years, Scottish youngsters did not sit down for exams in May as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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.