December 14.

Lorn Macintyre's profile of Allan MacInnes, the new history professor

at Aberdeen, seems to suggest that neglect of Scottish history in our

schools is a thing of the past (December 14).

The evidence points to continued, conscious neglect. Environmental

Studies, 5-14, by the Scottish Office Education Department recommends

that primaries 4 to 7 should receive an average of eight minutes of

Scottish history in each 25-hour school week, 0.5% of curricular time.

First and second years in secondary schools should receive 10 minutes

per week of Scottish history.

This means that the vast bulk of our youngsters aged eight to 17

receive a mere 34 hours of Scottish history in 10 formative years of

schooling.

I would describe this as a concerted attempt to wipe out our history.

Tom Johnston,

26 Drumpellier Gardens,

Cumbernauld.