Last week, the SQA displayed another failure when it sent children out blank qualification certificates through email. Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Exam board officials have boasted a three year delayed government promise to abolish their failing education agency will be nothing more than a “sexy rebrand”. The discredited Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) was caught up in the latest in a catalogue of failures last week when hundreds of children received blank certificates.
It was announced in June 2021 that it would be replaced as part of a “substantial” overhaul of education, following an independent review. The government said changes would be made in response to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) report on the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE). But more than three years later the organisation - led by CEO Fiona Robertson - still exists with little change to function or personnel.
A source said: “The government has insisted the SQA will finally be replaced in 2024 with a new body Qualifications Scotland, but in meetings senior management have openly said that this will be little more than a sexy rebrand. “There doesn’t appear to be any worry that it is going to result in meaningful change. There will be various reports and all the rest .
