THE Scottish Government is under pressure to fund extra visits by school pupils to battlefield sites to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War.
Last month, David Cameron pledged £5 million to allow pupils from every state secondary school in England to visit First World War battlefields in 2014.
Under the project, two pupil "ambassadors" and a teacher from each school will be offered the chance to visit battlefields such as the Somme, Verdun and Fromelles – and take part in remembrance ceremonies on the Western Front.
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