The Scottish Parliament’s Education Committee was responding to evidence it heard earlier this year that teachers found both the SQA and Education Scotland “either inconsistent or distant”.
The MSPs made the recommendation in a report on teacher recruitment and training.
The report states: “To help remove this distance between certain public bodies and teachers, the committee recommends that Education Scotland and the SQA should commence a ‘back to the classroom’ exercise.
“This should include short placements in schools work shadowing a range of teachers. These teachers can provide the SQA and Education Scotland staff with a deeper understanding of the practical issues with some of the documentation they provide and the time required for teachers to complete the processes the SQA and Education Scotland set in place.”
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