Coronavirus: Employer and training
provider support
Vocational and regulated qualifications
We are working with qualification regulators and sector bodies, reviewing vocational qualifications - including Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs), Professional Development Awards (PDAs) and licence to practise qualifications - and identifying how we can support centres to safely deliver, assess and result SQA qualifications, and minimise the impact on candidates where possible.
Regulated qualifications and licence to practise qualifications
We are in discussion with all regulating bodies in the UK to agree appropriate arrangements for regulated qualifications and licence to practise qualifications. We will provide further guidance as soon as it is available.
In the meantime, your centre can only proceed with assessing licence to practise qualifications where it is still possible to meet the requirements of the relevant assessment strategy.
Qualification verification
We will continue to carry out remote verification for centres who are still assessing and resulting qualifications at this time. Our External Verifiers will be in touch to make the necessary arrangements with each centre.
We have updated our Candidate Evidence Retention policy. Centres must now keep candidate evidence for six months after the resulting date of each qualification.
