BBC
The pass rate for pupils sitting exams in Scotland has dropped from the levels seen in the two years when they were affected by Covid pandemic measures.
At Higher level, the number of pupils getting an A to C pass was 78.9%, down from 87.3% last year.
This was higher than the rate of 74.8% in 2019, the last year in which formal exams were sat across the country.
The pass rates for National 5 and Advanced Highers followed a similar pattern.
About 138,000 students from 500 schools, colleges and training centres have been finding out how they did in their qualifications.
The results lie between the record-high grades of the past two years and pre-Covid pass rates.
Students have been given extra support, with a “generous” approach taken to grading due to ongoing disruption.
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) said this would make it difficult to draw comparisons between attainment over recent years, but said universities and employers could still have confidence that standards had been maintained.
Exams were cancelled two years running during the Covid-19 pandemic, and there was controversy over how results were determined via teacher estimates and coursework.
The results in 2020 saw the pass rate for Highers jump from 75% to 89%, while the percentage of pupils achieving As hit a record high the following year…
