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John Swinney removed as education secretary to take new role focusing on covid recovery

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SNP veteran will remain as Deputy First Minister and will also take responsibility for cross-government action on Scotland's recovery from covid.Swinney was appointed education secretary in 2016 but has endured a torrid last year in the role as lockdown upended the regular school timetable and led to the scrapping of the exams diet for the first time in history.The replacement system for awarding grades to senior high school pupils was roundly criticised last August and was eventually scrapped in favour of teacher assessments.The Deputy First Minister survived a motion of no confidence brought by opposition MSPs in the wake of the row.Scottish Labour had earlier called for the long-serving minister to be removed from the education brief to.

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