Talk:Scottish Qualifications Authority

Error in page
Second sentence reads "It was established in September 2006, and took over the functions of the Scottish Examinations Board and the Scottish Vocational Education Council in April 2007."

It should read - It was established in September 1996, and took over the functions of the Scottish Examinations Board and the Scottish Vocational Education Council in April 1997.

Sources: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/all?title=Scottish Qualifications Authority http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=41831 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.254.158.76 (talk) 15:53, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


 * You link to Scottish Qualifications Authority Act 2002. It was established in 1996 by a 2002 act? I don't think it... --Thrissel (talk) 19:46, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Who says it was established by the act? The act is merely the most recent governing legislation. – Smyth\talk 15:50, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Controversy
The section on Controversy should only contain publicly verifiable claims. There was a computer failure in 2000 which resulted indeed in thousands of incorrect certificates being sent out (though the underlying results were correct, as verified by government scrutiny). The two senior members of staff who were responsible were removed. There were no major ancillary problems - certainly no more misordered or misplaced exam papers than in previous years - and no repeat of the mistakes in any subsequent year.

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Proposed merge with Scottish Candidate Number
All that can be said about this number is better said in the article about the body which issues it: a redirect will of course be useful, but this number does not seem to merit an article of its own. Pam D  20:28, 6 January 2019 (UTC)