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SQA staff consider strike action, threatening disruption to exams – STV news
/in Education Matters, SNP, STV News /by sm_adminExams to remain as SNP warned over ‘woefully inadequate’ qualification overhaul timetable – The Herald
/in Education Matters, Scottish Government /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 25/10/21: It came as no surprise to read that more is spent in Scotland on school pupils than in anywhere else in the UK. That it is £800 per pupil did come as a bit of a shock. What did also not come as a surprise was to learn that this increase in spending did not translate into better standards and performance.
/in Gerald Edwards, Jane Lax, Letters, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_adminNew teachers ‘more likely to get temporary job than permanent one’ – STV news
/in Education Matters, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government, STV News /by sm_adminLabour MSP says Fife’s large class sizes are driving inequality – Central Fife Times
/in Education Matters, Scottish Government /by sm_adminEducation is too ‘political’ in Scotland, OECD report author warns – The Scotsman
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Speaking at the Scottish Parliament’s education committee on Wednesday, the report’s co-author Dr Beatriz Pont warned Scotland needed to “drop the politics” and focus on policy to move forward.
The authors of the report, published in June, also told MSPs the Scottish National Standardised Assessments (SNSA) were “not the most appropriate system monitoring mechanism” for measuring the success of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE)
The tests, introduced in 2017, led to pupils experiencing high-stakes tests in primary one, four, seven and in S3 in secondary school. They are opposed by all of Scotland’s teaching unions, as well as by parents groups.
The report, Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence Into the Future, recommended scrapping the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) and reforming Education Scotland.
The exams body is to be broken up and replaced, with pupils, parents and teachers to be consulted on changes, while responsibility for school inspections will be split off to a new independent system.
Dr Pont said: “We’re providing recommendations to have to consolidate the structures to make your CfE less political and more policy oriented.
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New classroom craned in to help tackle rising school roll – STV news
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Qualified teachers unable to secure work – The Scotsman
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