This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Make higher examinations more available to adult learners in Scotland
Degree programmes such as medicine, law, veterinary, requires 5 higher's most do not achieve higher level in school. Colleges and schools do not offer the 5 needed in 1 year for access to university. Everyone deserves to take the higher exams. Higher's need to be more accessible to adult learners.
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27% of people in Scotland with no qualifications. (Census)
£2,600 5 higher's privately (Edinburgh)
170,000 people unemployed in Scotland. (BBC)
£180 per higher, (local college) £720 in total (ILA will pay for one)
£720 paid by individual
Glasgow college only allow 3 higher's taken in one year, 5 needed for university. Adult learners should be allowed the chance to take their 5 higher's that were previously missed due to various reasons and circumstances.
Less than 3 access courses in Scotland.
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