About 138,000 students are finding out how they did in National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams.
Students have been given extra support, with a "generous" approach taken to grading due to ongoing disruption.
This year's statistics, published on Tuesday morning, showed that 80.8% of National 5 candidates were awarded A to C grades, down from 85.8% in 2021, but up from 78.2% in 2019.In a normal year, the pass rate for each grade is adjusted slightly but the average effect is very small. "Pass rates for National 5s, Highers and Advanced Highers have increased compared with 2019, with A passes also up, and skills-based qualifications are close to the highest ever figure," she said.
She also welcomed an increase in skills-based awards which can enable young people to enter apprenticeships or go into the workplace.And she said that while attainment levels in the least and most deprived areas had narrowed, the pandemic had disproportionately impacted learners from more disadvantaged backgrounds.
The Scottish Greens said fundamental change was required and that high-stakes end-of-term exams were a poor way of judging a young person's attainment.
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