Failing our youngsters

MAY I offer a very simple solution to the exams debacle. Simply disregard this year’s useless and incorrect pieces of paper and allow all colleges and universities to accept the predicted grades and coursework of all students. After all, this is the basis of all the conditional offers that have been made.

This would allow everyone to move forward. All students would have their place confirmed while colleges and universities would know how many students they had on each course. As it is, some courses will not be viable as so many students have been marked down and no longer meet entry requirements.

And just pray that we do not go into lockdown again as the year progresses and the whole education system collapses once more.

BARBARA HUNTER, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian.

THE exams fiasco has been unfortunate, but cynically, it may be preparing the next generation for life in Scotland. Frankly, what will these young adults be going into?

The Scottish Government is utterly bereft of fresh ideas. An independent Scotland would either be mercilessly buffeted by the winds of globalisation or its citizens highly taxed to provide vital services.

The uncertainty of Scotland becoming independent will now probably roll on for another decade or more, despite the result of the 2014 referendum.

As it stands, with a deficit resembling a failed state, we would be unable to join the EU.

For all the talk of the SNP being progressive, little has progressed in the past decade, but much has regressed, including our health and opportunity.

With unemployment on the rise and underemployment still endemic for my generation, what is really on offer for these young adults starting their life journey in Scotland in 2020 and beyond?

DAVID BONE, Girvan, Ayrshire.