The traditional wait for the rattle of the letter box followed by a trembling opening of the large envelope has been replaced for Scotland's school pupils by choosing their moment to access their results online - at 4am yesterday if they could not sleep for worry. More than 34,000 of the 155,893 candidates who sat SQA exams this year signed up for the online service. This development is a sensible step forward for the internet generation and the technology, which includes the option of text messages, will be backed up by paper certificates in today's post.
The traditional wait for the rattle of the letter box followed by a trembling opening of the large envelope has been replaced for Scotland's school pupils by choosing their moment to access their results online - at 4am yesterday if they could not sleep for worry.
