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Are schools asking parents for too much money?

Kingswells Nursery School in Aberdeen are to ask parents to buy or lease an iPad2 for their children as part of a pilot scheme which, if successful, might be rolled out across other schools

Kaye asks...if schools want us to buy iPads, what's next? Is there a danger that schools will create a two-tier education system by asking parents to buy equipment - okay if you can afford it, but maybe not if you're on a low income. And isn't education supposed to be free in Scotland, is this just the beginning of a slippery slope of parental financial contribution to your child's education? Or is it a good idea to make a decent sized financial contribution to useful educational tools?

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Should you be allowed to choose a C-section if there is no medical reason for one?

Women in England and Wales are to be allowed to request a Caesarean section under new NHS guidelines, and one in four of Scotland's babies are born by section. But should women be allowed to request a C-Section on the NHS even if there's no medical reason to have one? And why are we so sniffy about women who choose a C-section?