More than three quarters of secondary teachers in Scotland lack confidence in how the new National 4 and 5 exams will be delivered, only months before pupils are due to sit them, a survey has found.
Almost 80 per cent of teachers polled by the Scottish Secondary Teachers Association (SSTA) said they were not confident in assessing pupils for the Nationals, which replace Standard grades from this summer.
The survey, which was completed by about half of the 5,500 teachers who were sent it, also found that 60 per cent of respondents were not confident in delivering course materials for the exams.
The exams have been devised under the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) reforms and will be sat by about 54,000 15 and 16-year-old pupils from April.
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