Attainment statistics revealed right now by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) present younger individuals in Perth and Kinross carried out properly as examinations returned to near-normal after two years of COVID-19 disruptions.
Early figures present that pupils in Perth and Kinross achieved 2507 Nationwide 4 awards, with a 84 per cent move fee and 7111 Nationwide 5 awards, a 92 per cent success fee.
An encouraging 55 % of S4 pupils achieved 5 or extra awards at Nationwide 5 stage.
At Larger (SCQF Degree 6) qualifications, pupils in Perth and Kinross had been awarded 3410 passes, reaching a 79 per cent move fee.
At Superior Larger (SCQF Degree 7) there have been 720 passes throughout native colleges, with a move fee of 84 per cent.
Skipping the 'COVID years' and seeking to this time three years in the past in 2019, SQA revealed Nationwide 5 passes had been one per cent greater in 2019 so virtually an identical, whereas Larger passes had been 76 per cent versus this 12 months's 79.
Sheena Devlin, govt director of Perth and Kinross Council’s Training and Kids’s Providers, stated: “Our kids and younger individuals should have fun their successes right now after what has been one other difficult 12 months for them.
"These outcomes are testomony to their laborious work all through the college 12 months."
The earlier two years have seen different certification preparations by SQA, the nationwide accreditation and awarding physique for Scotland.
It's not doable to check this 12 months’s SQA outcomes instantly with the earlier two years due to the totally different certification mannequin that was utilized in response to the COVID pandemic.