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Calls to reform key school qualifications as pupils fail to progress

James McEnaney on June 16, 2019June 20, 2019

The Scottish Government is facing fresh calls for reform of key qualifications in secondary schools and colleges after analysis of official data highlighted problems with major subjects.

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Fact check, Education, Politics

Claim more children leave school without qualifications than 20 years ago is False

Ferret Journalists on May 31, 2019January 27, 2020

Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim from Scotland secretary David Mundell about young people leaving school without qualifications.

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Critics condemn Dragons’ Den lesson that encourages children to become arms dealers

Billy Briggs on May 26, 2017April 18, 2019

School children are being encouraged to sell weapons in lessons branded “immoral”.

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Curriculum for Excellence

Education

Calls to reform key school qualifications as pupils fail to progress

Fact check, Education, Politics

Claim more children leave school without qualifications than 20 years ago is False

Arms trade, Education

Critics condemn Dragons’ Den lesson that encourages children to become arms dealers

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