Tag: government

Tinkering with school exams will cost £4.5m, admits SQA

News

Deadline News Journalist - May 19, 2017

Exam chiefs and the government have been slammed by unions for "wasting" £4.5m of taxpayers' cash on changing school exams. The Scottish qualifications watchdog said...

Vice-obsessed social education in Scottish schools “useless” MSPs told

News

Deadline News Journalist - March 3, 2017

VICE-obsessed social education in Scottish schools is a "complete waste of time" - MSPs have been warned. Students say they are taught "useless" information about...

Petition to establish a Glasgow Taco Bell amongst those rejected by the UK government

News

Deadline News Journalist - November 7, 2016

A petition to establish a Taco Bell in Glasgow and one to kick Nicola Sturgeon out of Scotland are amongst those rejected by the...

Scottish schools “exploiting probationer teachers to cover staff shortages”

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - May 27, 2016

SCHOOLS are exploiting trainee teachers by using them to provide classroom cover for staff shortages - a senior education watchdog has claimed. Probationary teachers -...

Huge increases in drug seizures at Scottish jails

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - May 10, 2016

MASSIVE increases in seizures of heroin, cannabis and tablets across Scotland’s prisons have been revealed by prison officials. The quantity of heroin seized in Scottish...

Gaelic quango spending £130K to teach itself Gaelic

Business

Deadline News Journalist - January 20, 2016

THE quango responsible for spreading the gaelic language across Scotland wants to spend £130,000 - teaching itself how to communicate in gaelic. The Bòrd na...

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