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The Cabinet Secretary has informed parliament that, 'The central planning assumption is that an examination diet for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher courses will be held in session This decision has been informed by the views of stakeholders, including the National Qualifications Group, and by public health advice. While detailed planning for delivering exams is now underway, it is also important that SQA, along with the whole education system, plans for any further disruption that may happen due to the Covid pandemic.
Modifications to the assessment requirements for each National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher course were announced in June a brief overview of these can be found by visiting sqa.
The modifications will help reduce the volume of assessment and ease teacher, lecturer and learner workload, while maintaining the credibility of these qualifications. This will also allow for any lost learning caused by Covid and will support learners as they progress to the next stage of their qualifications.
For most National 5 to Advanced Higher courses, these are the same modifications that were put in place for In response to feedback from teachers and lecturers, and the recent easing of public health restrictions, SQA has adjusted the modifications in around 70 courses for to give learners more opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. Assessment modifications across national courses for the next academic session have already been confirmed by the SQA in recognition of the disruption to learning that young people have experienced.
We will set out details on further support available for learners in September.. More detailed guidance will be issued by the SQA at the earliest opportunity. This will reduce the volume of assessment, which will allow for any lost learning caused by the pandemic. It will also ease teacher, lecturer and learner workload, while still maintaining the credibility of the qualifications. For most courses, these are the same modifications that were put in place for session For some courses, SQA has, in response to feedback from teachers and learners, adjusted the modifications to give learners more opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.
The SQA has published modification summary documents that provide more detail on these modifications and explain the assessment requirements for this year.
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