Teachers have started the 2014/15 session at loggerheads with the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) for failing to take any responsibility for the “huge workload burden” imposed by the introduction of National exams this summer.
They say the SQA did not deliver the support needed and added to pressures by poor communication and late changes to units and assessments.
Larry Flanagan, general secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), the country’s biggest teaching union, highlighted the task this session of consolidating National 2 to 5 qualifications – which replace Standard grades – as well as delivering the new Highers.
“If serious lessons are not learned from last year, the risks remain high,” he said.
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