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SQA results: Exam pass rate in Scotland drops but pupils hailed for hard work after 'toughest school year'

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received SQA results – the most since 2017 - with the total number of Higher passes at a 20-year high.But the overall pass rate has dropped by around three per cent on last year - although it has risen significantly compared to 2019, when traditional end of term exams were last held.Grades published today were based on teacher assessments after the regular exams diet was cancelled for the second year in a row due to coronavirus restrictions which closed classrooms for months.Pupils have known their individual grades since the end of June due to the use of the alternative grading model.For National 5 qualifications, the attainment rate was 85.8% this year, compared to 89% in 2019-20.Higher attainment fell from 89.3% to 87.3%, while Advanced.

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