Pupils told the BBC that the wording of the questions was confusing so they did not know what was being asked.

SQA chief executive Fiona Robertson apologises after pupils across Scotland received blank exam results emails The exams body says it has now resolved the "technical issue" and that emails have been ...

Scotland's school exam season is getting under way, with more than 132,000 candidates sitting National 5s, Highers and Advanced Highers over the next month. Recent years have seen turbulence in ...

THOUSANDS of fuming pupils have backed a petition demanding a review of this year’s Higher maths exam – amid claims some of the wording was wrong. More than 11,000 people have backed a probe blasting ...

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