Scotland: Another exam fiasco looms

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FRESH fears that the deadline for delivering
this year's exams results may again not be met
emerged yesterday.

The Scottish Executive has been forced to draft
in a team of experts to the Scottish Qualifications
Authority to try to avert a repeat of last year's fiasco, less than a month before the exams start,
and create a new role of exam co-ordinator from
the civil service.

The Herald

This problem began when they updated their system
in late 1999 to become Y2K compliant §

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