I was disappointed that the Scottish Government decided to reduce the eligibility of school students for EMA by getting rid of the £10 and £20 bands as these could still have helped people stay on at school. In an ideal world it would be great to give all school students help to stay on at school but in times of financial restraint the help has to be targetted to students whose families find it more difficult to keep them on at school
Yes, but it’s not going to happen until the economy is in better shape, and that will take some time, I guess. In the meantime the EMA system is meant to help those whose parents can’t help them financially. It’s not a perfect system, but at least it helps the worse off. At least, that’s what it’s meant to do!
In the ideal world, yes, but we are facing tough times and impossible decisions at the moment. When my children went to uni, support was means tested and only those who needed it got help.
If the country is in such hard econimical times then why not stop it all together instead of an unfair system? and anyway the goverment like to think this EMA money is getting used towards further educaion..EH NO! clothes and drink 99.9% of the time.
jessminda
I was disappointed that the Scottish Government decided to reduce the eligibility of school students for EMA by getting rid of the £10 and £20 bands as these could still have helped people stay on at school. In an ideal world it would be great to give all school students help to stay on at school but in times of financial restraint the help has to be targetted to students whose families find it more difficult to keep them on at school
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Yes, but it’s not going to happen until the economy is in better shape, and that will take some time, I guess. In the meantime the EMA system is meant to help those whose parents can’t help them financially. It’s not a perfect system, but at least it helps the worse off. At least, that’s what it’s meant to do!
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In the ideal world, yes, but we are facing tough times and impossible decisions at the moment. When my children went to uni, support was means tested and only those who needed it got help.
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