A consultation on the new qualifications, which closed on Friday 31st October, originally proposed that secondary pupils would face new exams in 2013 but the Curriculum for Excellence Management Board today advised that the shift of the start of the revised qualification system would ensure that teachers would have more opportunity to develop quality preparation for its delivery.

This will allow additional time for Curriculum for Excellence to be fully implemented with development opportunities for quality training.

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