THE issue of votes for 16-year-olds in the independence referendum has prompted strong pleas that information for school students must be even-handed.
Labour MSPs are demanding that Scotland's schools receive non-partisan teaching materials to help prepare youngsters for the first foray of 16 and 17-year-olds into full political life at the independence referendum in 2014.
Patricia Ferguson said: "Resources and guidance need to be made available to schools and colleges by the Scottish Government in a non-partisan way and should involve the Electoral Commission."
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