A helpline staffed by careers advisers from Skills Development Scotland opened at 8am on Tuesday to help advise students and parents on options following their results.
Students across Scotland have achieved a "solid set of results", exams bosses said, although the number passing with the top grades has fallen slightly from last year.
However, the Scottish Government said the results showed the impact of the poverty-related attainment gap, stating results were "broadly similar" to 2019 - the last year of pre-pandemic results. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like.If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
Fiona Robertson, SQA chief executive, and Scotland's chief examining officer, said that overall "while there is some variability in the national attainment picture in 2024, this is a solid set of results for learners in National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher courses". Students were receiving grades for a wide range of qualifications including vocational awards, with a 24% increase in vocational and technical qualification awards seeing a total of 90,045 such qualifications awarded.
However, she said: "Of course, Scotland is not unique - and like countries the world over, our education system is still in recovery from the pandemic.
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