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Higher (Scottish)

In the Scottish secondary education system, the Higher (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd Ìre) is one of the national school-leaving certificate exams and university entrance qualifications of the Scottish Qualifications Certificate (SQC) offered by Qualifications Scotland. It superseded the old Higher Grade on the Scottish Certificate of Education (SCE). Both are…

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Fee
Free
Offered
S5 and S6
Regions
Scotland
Restrictions on attempts
Multiple attempts just taken over multiple years
Year started
1888 (1888)

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see also · 7
Higher (Scottish) → GCE Advanced Level, Higher, National QualificationsScottish Leaving CertificateScottish, Qualifications AuthorityStandard Grade, Scottish, SQA, United Kingdom
Fee · 1
Higher (Scottish) → Free
Offered · 1
Higher (Scottish) → S5 and S6
Regions · 1
Higher (Scottish) → Scotland
Restrictions on attempts · 1
Higher (Scottish) → Multiple attempts just taken over multiple years
Year started · 1
Higher (Scottish) → 1888 (1888)

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Higher (Scottish)FeeFree1.00infobox
Higher (Scottish)OfferedS5 and S61.00infobox
Higher (Scottish)RegionsScotland1.00infobox
Higher (Scottish)Restrictions on attemptsMultiple attempts just taken over multiple years1.00infobox
Higher (Scottish)Year started1888 (1888)1.00infobox
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Higher Educationinstance ofThe majority of courses were examined by written papers with practical work present in subjects0.80text
Englishinstance ofor the student is not allowed to sit the final national exam.Criticism of modularisationThe system was criticised at the time of introduction as objections were made to the modu…0.80text
Art which require an accumulation of criticalinstance ofor the student is not allowed to sit the final national exam.Criticism of modularisationThe system was criticised at the time of introduction as objections were made to the modu…0.80text

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