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Exams could be axed next year in Scots schools due to ongoing virus threat

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Scots schools are being told to start putting preparations in place in the event next year's exams are cancelled because of the coronavirus.

This year's National and Higher exams were wiped out as schools were forced to shut to help contain the pandemic. But Education Secretary John Swinney has now warned he can't say "with absolute certainty" whether next year's exams will go ahead due to "ongoing impact" of Covid-19.

His comments came as he conceded the blended learning model - with pupils returning to classes part-time in August with some learning also being done from home - will mean "educational outcomes will be jeopardised".Swinney told MSPs on Holyrood's Education Committee: "The current model for the delivery of education is not as.

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