Our school did exactly this, replacing a few hundred netbooks with iPads. But unfortunately all we had was complaints about usability; kids couldn't write essays with the iPad keyboard, maths work was tedious and without a system to submit and mark work there is no way other than email to get coursework to the teachers - obviously that's not an Apple problem, it's a governmental lets spend $370 million and think about the practicalities later problem. Eventually our iPads got ditched for cheap laptops. Also, I'm not sure Scotland should be spending this kind of money considering their financial deficit.
Doesn’t England pay for everything anyway?
Technically London financially carries much of the rest of the UK. Most of the Scottish public services, such as the trains, operate on a loss and can only continue operating due to the money received from Westminster.
These are essential services to those in the loss leading areas, such as the highlands, and as a union if there is a surplus in one part it should be used elsewhere.
Scotlands value to the UK as a whole should never be looked at in pure financial terms, it does not give an accurate picture. The same goes for Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Technically London financially carries much of the rest of the UK. Most of the Scottish public services, such as the trains, operate on a loss and can only continue operating due to the money received from Westminster.
These are essential services to those in the loss leading areas, such as the highlands, and as a union if there is a surplus in one part it should be used elsewhere.
Scotlands value to the UK as a whole should never be looked at in pure financial terms, it does not give an accurate picture. The same goes for Wales and Northern Ireland.