Pupils should be educated about the independence referendum in schools if the vote is extended to 16 and 17-year-olds, electoral experts and parents have said.
Pupils should be educated about the independence referendum in schools if the vote is extended to 16 and 17-year-olds, electoral experts and parents have said.
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Andrew Denholm Education Correspondent
Unions have called for resources and guidance to be made available to schools and colleges on a "non- partisan and non-party political basis" to help inform young people.
The calls come amid expectations the voting age will be lowered for the 2014 poll to decide the future of Scotland.
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