21/09/2016 Reporting Scotland

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Big changes are to be made to new secondary school

qualifications barely three years after reforms were introduced.

Some assessments in National Five and Higher courses are to be

scrapped and more emphasis will be put back onto the final exam.

Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor reports.

The new qualifications started to be introduced three years ago,

but are still a hard equation for many teachers to solve.

The main worry, workload and bureaucracy, and one issue

is formal assessments marked by teachers themselves.

These youngsters are studying for their National Five maths.

They have to complete several of the unit assessments

All of the new qualifications are broken up into units and each

unit carries its own mandatory assessment which is marked

In order to get an overall course award, young people have to pass

these units as they go along, and then pass the final examination.

But big changes are on the way in what amounts to a dramatic

The unit assessments are being scrapped for National

The aim is to cut down on the workload for

The big significance will be for students.

This will assist young people in the concentration

of their learning, rather than purely and simply be progress.

Instead of assessments marked by teachers, the plan is to put more

Some marks may come from coursework but this will not be

The changes will be phased in over two years and do not affect

Less formal assessment for young people, and teaching with more depth

of learning and for teachers a reduction workload

Some of these youngsters may have left school by the time the changes

happen. the threat of escalating industrial

action and help restore goodwill? Three years after the launch

of an NHS scheme to give vital support, thousands of patients

with dementia still Suzanne Allan has this exclusive

report. She was but I think

she probably had dementia then. Margret was diagnosed a year

after this photo was taken. She was put on a waiting list

for what the NHS called the one-year It gives everyone with dementia

support from a link They said there was a waiting list

and it would probably be six months The family had help from nurses

but they are on their Consistency, which is really hard

for my mum, because things have My mum has suffered

the most because I think The link worker gives advice

on anything from benefits to keeping A BBC FOI request found

in the Western Isles there was no But if you live in Orkney or

Shetland everyone has received it. This is a group where

people with dementia come Many people here have not

heard of the scheme. We have had a forum before and out

of a group of maybe 30 people, there were about two

in the group who received I think there is still a lack

of awareness about that support. If patients are keen,

what is going wrong? The variation in uptake could be

caused by whoever is offering it, not offering it in a way that

everyone wants it or in some places Western Isles health board have told

us new staff have been recruited and they are supporting

their patients in different ways. The Scottish government recognises

there are challenges. It also promised a new

three-year strategy will be MSPs have tonight complained

that they are not being given enough time to scrutinise

Scottish Government spending plans. The protest comes from Holyrood's

finance committee - chaired by Bruce Crawford,

a former SNP Cabinet Minister. In response, the Scottish Government

said the problem was caused Earlier, I spoke to our political

editor Brian Taylor and asked him What is at stake here is some ?30

billion of public spending for Scotland for the year 2017-18. The

vote should be taken here at Holyrood around February next year.

Before that, there ought to be detailed scrutiny by

parliamentarians and that is being curtailed. That is because the

Chancellor's Oulton spending statement is delayed until the 23rd

of November because of Brexit uncertainties. Scottish Government

say they need to see the colour of the Chancellor's money before they

set the Scottish spending plans. MSP is accept that, but they are unhappy

about one thing. They said they were promised to get a work in progress,

scenario planning, some details as they go. They have now been told

they won't get that. They will get it cold in mid-December. They are

very unhappy with that. -- they will get if culled.

We have a former SNP cabinet minister taking his own government

to task. It is unusual. It is. He's the

former minister for Parliamentary affairs. He knows how these things

are run. This isn't just Bruce Crawford, it is the finance

committee. The committee Koloamatangi committees in general,

the prolonged attempt to strengthen them and beef up their response.

Secondly, an attempt by Parliament as a whole to remind the SNP that

they are in a minority here at Holyrood. This is Parliament bearing

its teeth. Scottish Labour is set to get more

power over policy and people - making it more distinct

from the UK party. A series of reforms were confirmed

by the party's executive last night. Here's our political

correspondent Nick Eardley. Few resignations in recent Scottish

political history have been damning. Johann Lamont's claim

that the Scotland Labour Party Now the new leader thinks

she has found a solution. I'm delighted that what will go

before our members at conference next week is a strong plan

to make Scottish Labour London currently has a say

in who the Scottish party puts The reforms will mean that is

a matter for Scottish Labour. The changes also give the party

north of the border power That includes those the parliament

in Westminster controls. If, as some fear, there

is an attempt to deselect MPs who don't support Jeremy Corbyn,

Scotland could make It could also mean the Scottish

party has different When it comes to the general

election manifesto, how Every part of our Labour family

will come together in one room But for the first time -

and you cannot miss the significance of this -

we will determine all our own policy Leaving last night's meeting of

Labour's executive, she won a penalty for Scotland. That has

raised some eyebrows. The SNP had dominated for the last

couple of years because they have I think with being a more

independent Labour Party in Scotland Will these changes solve the puzzle

of where the balance lies? This could be the last piece

of the reformed jigsaw. Police say they've arrested

a 27-year-old man in connection with offensive behaviour

at the Old Firm match The BBC understands the arrest

is in connection with effigies hung The arrest took place earlier today

and is related to effigies - one draped in a Rangers scarf,

the other in an orange sash - being hung from the upper tier

of the stand containing Police say the 27-year-old man had

been arrested under the Offensive This match was the first time

the two teams had met in the league since Rangers return to the SPL

earlier this season. Police say following a number

of disorder incidents, a team of detectives have been

trawling through CCTV footage and they are now appealing for fans

to send mobile phone footage and they say they are significantly

interested in footage of the vandalism of the away

supporters' toilets - that is the toilets used

by the visiting Rangers fans. They have become aware of footage

circulating on social media showing After the match, Rangers issued

a statement saying they were aware of the disgust felt by fans

who were subjected to a sickening and shameful display

of sectarian hatred. Celtic said they would deal

with all the issues which had arisen and they thank their fans

for the support they had Well, it's over to Kirsteen

Macdonald now with the weather Good evening. It has been a cloudy,

wet evening for many of us. Tonight, gradually, the rain will become

confined towards eastern coastal areas and across the Northern Isles.

Behind that, a lot of dry, clear conditions feeding into the West,

especially. A few mist and fog patches and a chilly night to come

under clear skies, especially through parts of the Northwest with

loads of around three degrees. Tomorrow morning, a dry start for

many of us. Fairly chilly, some finds those of sunshine across much

of the country around 8am. The south west, towards the Glasgow area,

through the likes of Argyll, in through much of the north-west

Highlands, towards the Inverness area and the far north, too. One of

two showers affecting the Western Isles, perhaps the Isle of Skye at

times. For the Northern Isles and north-eastern coastal areas, cloudy

skies with outbreaks of rain. As we go through the morning, that rain

will pull away and that allows much of the UK some dry, bright

conditions with some spells of sunshine. Some showery rain

affecting Wales during the morning, pushing through the Midlands and

eventually through eastern parts of England. I had off that, with some

sunshine, temperatures will rise to around 21 degrees. Otherwise, around

15 to 17 degrees, a few showers affecting Northern Ireland and the

West of Scotland as we go through the day, accompanied by

strengthening southerly winds. For the evening period across Scotland,

the showers will become more heavy and more frequent and gradually

track their way eastwards. By Friday, we still have high pressure

holding on across much of the UK, which affords us another largely dry

day with some spells of sunshine. This area of low pressure will begin

to make its presence felt later on Friday, especially across the North

West of Scotland and Northern Ireland, and this weather front will

affect many of us on Saturday, bringing rain and strengthening

winds. But Friday, a lot of dry, bright weather with spells of

sunshine. Our next update is during Breakfast

at 6.25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone on the late

team here in Glasgow