Ongoing assessment to play bigger part in school qualifications

A report into qualifications and assessment called for National 5 exams to be scrapped.

You’ll remember the pressure of school exams – that feeling your whole future could rest on the next couple of hours.

Now Scotland’s education secretary has confirmed ongoing assessment will play a bigger part in National 5 qualifications.

Jenny Gilruth says “high stakes” exams won’t be ditched completely, but that the system will be rebalanced so they play less of a role in the overall results.

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