5-750: The Scottish Leaving Certificate was established in 1888 by Henry Craik , permanent secretary of the Scottish Education Department . It was replaced, in 1962, by the Scottish Certificate of Education as an educational qualification. One primary distinction between the Scottish Leaving Certificate and the Scottish Certificate of Education was that the latter had less strict regulations in terms of compulsory subjects and workload of
10-746: The University of St Andrews . He was an elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1906 to 1918 , and for the Combined Scottish Universities from 1918 until his death in 1927. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1888, and promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in 1897. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1918, and in the New Year Honours List 1926, he
15-469: The individual curricula. This article relating to education in Scotland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Scottish history -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sir Henry Craik, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Craik, 1st Baronet , KCB , PC (18 October 1846 – 16 March 1927) was a Scottish Unionist politician. He
20-541: Was appointed as a junior examiner of the Committee of Council on Education in 1871 and promoted, in 1878, to the position of Senior examiner until 1885. In this year Scotland got an independent Committee of Council on Education known as the Scotch Education Department. Craik was appointed as its secretary, a post he held from 1885 to 1904. In October 1901 he received a degree in law ( LL.D. ) from
25-628: Was made a baronet , of Kennoway , in the County of Fife . Craik was born on 18 October 1846 in Glasgow. Son of the Rev. James Craik, D.D. , a prominent clergyman and Moderator of the Church of Scotland. He married on 17 December 1873 to Fanny Esther Duffield, daughter of Charles Duffield. They had two children: George Lillie (1874–1929) and Henry Duffield (1876–1955). Craik died on 16 March 1927 and
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