Q&A on Scotland's national qualifications
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Standard Grades in Scotland are being replaced by the new National qualifications. But how different will they be? BBC Scotland's education correspondent Jamie McIvor answers some key questions.
What are the new qualifications?
Why are the courses lasting one year not two?
What other big differences are there?
How might individual subjects change?
Why are many students only doing six Nationals?
It's a big change. What concerns have been expressed?