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E-mail Xinhua, December 9, 2020 Adjust font size: Next year's Higher and Advanced Highers exams are to be cancelled in Scottish schools, the education secretary of Scotland confirmed Tuesday. The education secretary, John Swinney, told the Scottish Parliament that allowing the tests to take place would disproportionately impact pupils in the most deprived areas of the country. He said pupils had lost significant amount of teaching time due the pandemic, with poorer communities suffering more. Scottish schools will give pupils' final grades based on the judgement of their teachers. "This is safe, it is fair, and it better recognises the...
