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MSE News: EMA replacement fund unveiled to help poorest school kids

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"The Government has announced a new bursary, which will give vulnerable students £1,200 a year to stay in education ..."
"The Government has announced a new bursary, which will give vulnerable students £1,200 a year to stay in education ..."
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So..I have a son in his first year of 6th form currently getting £30 EMA ..he will get £20 for his last year which starts in September , that's right ?
My daughter who is in her last school year and is going to start 6th form in september wont..as she does not get free school meals ( I work) , is that right ?
It's interesting as well to see that already some people are saying this is a concession. It's not, it was announced a long time before any of the protests. Some people are just blind...
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EMA transition
Those who are part-way through their studies and are currently receiving the EMA will receive the following:
- Students who applied in the 2009/10 academic year will get the same payments until the end of the 2011/12 year. This is £30 a week (£1,560 a year) if their household income was below £20,817. Students with household income between that figure and £25,521 get £20 a week. Between that and £30,810 it is £10 a week. Any more and you're ineligible.
£1,560 a year ? where does this figure come from ? I could be wrong but I'm fairly sure they didn't pay through term breaks etc which ran similary to school breaks also college start date is around sepetember time and is finshed mid june/july so hows it possiable to be £1,560 a year ?Think someone made a mistake
What shocks me is that the government is now aiming this at 'special' cases as it has to be seen as caring for our young ones, as we are all in this together.
I would like part of my taxes to be an incentive for kids to get A levels etc to ensure that when I get older I will be able to communicate and work with younger people not spend half my time training them to do things that foreign kids are taught in high school.
I just think there must be more people out there that have been duped enough to not care about this and who think they are middle class because they own a home, got a free ed and voted for the joys in blue:rotfl:. I Feel sorry for the students that wil be Tory stamped as special in order to get this even more closely gaurded, in effect securely means tested newly formed benefit. I'm suprised they don't ask the students in revert of this to go sign on with dwp to get it. Only kidding..
With uni fees going up and the scrapping of the EMA at what point are we sowing.
I'm looking at my 16 year old son, who will start 6th form end of the year and then wants to go to uni, and asking myself how is he being helped?
Of course I will do all i can but a little help wouldn't go a miss!