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In the video for nothing compares to you, sinead oconnor shed two of the most famous tears in music history, today the crying was all for her. thousands of students across scotland, have been getting their exam results for their nationals, highers, and advanced highers, and the pass rate has fallen. the figures however remain above pre—pandemic levels, as the scottish qualifications authority continues to make allowances for the disruption caused by covid. if we take a look at the numbers in d...

Exa m exam result they in scotland. ——exam result day in scotland. the pass rate for exams in scotland has fallen — but remains higher than before the covid pandemic. more than 144,000 young people across scotland have been receiving their grades for national its and ss, highers and advanced highers. the proportion of pupils awarded an a, b or c at higher has fallen from 78.9% in 2022 to 77.1% this year. youre live with bbc news. a charity representing asylum seekers who were due to be mov...

To make allowances for the disruption caused by covid. in all, 1a0,000 pupils received their results, with a pass rate for the higher exam at 77.1%, slightly down on last year. the advanced higher pass rate is 79.8%, again slightly down. while the national five pass rate was 78.8%. well have analysis from our education editor, branwen jeffries, but first, heres our scotland correspondent, james shaw. holly? and chloe? the moment of truth for thousands of pupils across scotland. absolutely over t...

Results today is, yes, the return to examinations, albeit with a number of adaptations reflecting the disruption young people have faced over the past couple of years so results are higher than they were when we last had exams in 2019, but lower than under teacher assessed grades in 2021. while some may look enviously at those receiving higher teacher assessed grades in 2020 and 2021, additional help was given this year as well. grade boundaries were set more generously than in 2019 and advanced...

Any time soon. hugo bachega, in ukraine. hundreds of thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland are getting their results for the first gcse exmas in three years. all the pass rate for this years gcses has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019. 0verall, 73.2% of gcses were marked at grades 4 or c and above this year — down from 77.1% last year, when grades were decided by teachers. it is still significantly higher than in 2019, the last year exams were physically sa...

Because of the pandemic. we now have the national picture for this years grades and pass rate. lets get the latest from our education correspondent sean dilley. i remember opening the envelope when i remember opening the envelope when i was a teenager. its a really tough, nerve—racking day, im sure it was for you. take us through the top grades, down a bit from the last two years but up from 2019? that was exected. two years but up from 2019? that was exoeeted- its — two years but up from 20...

In wales and northern ireland, this is down from 77.1% last year but much higher than 2019 when the figure was 67.3%. those achieving top grades of seven or above in england, or a or a* in wales and northern ireland, fell to 26.3% from 28.9% last year. in 2019, the figure was 20.8%. the exams watchdog for england says its aim is for results to sit between pre—pandemic levels and last years high was set with fairness in mind. similar plans were put in place in wales and northern ireland. scotla...

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(File photo) MANILA - Registered female voters outnumber males by at least 1.5 million, according to data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday. Comelec's Election Records and Statistics Division showed that out of the 65,721,230 eligible voters in the country, 33,644,237 are women while 32,076,993 are men. Of the total, Region 4-A has the highest number of voters with 9,192,205, with 4,852,037 of them females. The National Capital Region (NCR) came in second with 7,301,393,...