Question reference: S3W-39798
- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 23 February 2011
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Current status: Answered by Michael Russell on 4 March 2011
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the validity of intelligent design as a scientific theory and whether it should be taught in science lessons.
Answer
As intelligent design is not a scientific theory it is not included within Curriculum for Excellence guidance. Schools are free to determine, in light of the curriculum framework in which they operate, how best to organise the syllabus but there is no evidence to suggest that intelligent design is being taught in Scottish local authority schools.