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Around £10 million is needed to bring the technology at Scotland’s qualifications body up to date, says SQA chief executive – who blames its outdated IT systems for blank results-day emails

Pressure is building on the Scottish government to address the ‘huge backlog’ of teachers who cannot find secure jobs

The way the Higher history exam was marked this year is to be scrutinised after the pass rate dropped by over 10 percentage points

The body for Scottish independent schools also says that displaced students in exam years are struggling to find places in the state sector

Plan to scrap S4 exams rejected – but ‘internal and continuous assessment will contribute to a greater percentage of a final grade’, says Jenny Gilruth

AHDS says £34m estimated in residential outdoor education bill should go instead to ASN, while education directors question whether proposals have been properly costed