Sunday, March 18, 2012

One year on, the 16-19 bursary is a shambles | Rory Weal

9:55 AM | Posted by Free Game Zone | | Edit Post

poorest students pass through the network of schools are allowed to allocate the limited budget of EMA replacement

A year after disposing of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), the replacement of 16 to 19 grants is proving to be grossly inadequate, with the stay and sink rate warning Barnados youth who are "skipping meals to pay the bus to college." It became increasingly clear that the years spent as the plan is thought through poor quality, the disorder is both bad as demeaning to students and horribly directed. The analysis also suggests that the Guardian has led to a postcode lottery of financial assistance for poor students.

Michael Gove promised people like me

youth in education, in addition, that the replacement of the EMA would be more than sufficient to meet the needs of students, however, the pot of money that is funded program has been significantly reduced. Considering that the EMA has received funding of £ 560 million, the grant has a jackpot of £ 180. But the question is not only the amount of money, but how it is allocated.

For starters, there is no correlation between the amount of money schools are allocated and how much you spend. The distribution is based on the number of students who aspired to the highest rate of EMA in 2009-10, however, the system is designed for people with disabilities or attention by a category of "special needs" priority. This means that schools receive little resemblance to the needs of their students. The only requirement is that the government establish schools give £ 1.200 per year for those in the category of exceptional needs. However, if a school has a high number of students in care or with disabilities, much of its scholarship funds have been exhausted and there is little or no additional funding for low-income students. Potentially schools could actually be penalized for having more students who need it most, which could discourage them from having good access policy.

The government says vaguely that a fund has "very low" emergency, but there is no guarantee that low-income students in some schools (who are not disabled or caring ) to receive any support. The provision for the category of exceptional needs is not related to income, there is no guarantee that this support reaches those in financial need.

  • More worryingly, the award criteria for any budget remaining is at the discretion of the school. Therefore differ from school to school. No guidelines have been issued to schools on how to apply the rest of the money. A staff member is unqualified and irresponsible any trial that would determine whether a young person can continue their education. Incredibly, the documents issued by the Government in schools to understand that there is no independent appeal process.
  • By asking the support of the scholarship, as someone who used to qualify for the higher rate of EMA, which was required to provide personal information for school administrators, people I see every day. It would be unnecessary if the system is managed centrally, as was the case with the EMA. The trustees may apply the rules of what they want. Most of the administration did not start working on a school waiting to divide students into "merit" and "not worthy". The pressure is school personnel excessive and unfair.
luck. My school was able to provide scholarships to certain low-income students who were vulnerable and needed help, but at a much lower level than the EMA. Not every school has been able to do the same and, therefore, students who really need also the support to stay in education have slipped through the net.

The responsibility for organizing and chaotic distribution system is based entirely on the door of ministers who have failed to realize that the background is a place of hope for EMA. Failing to help young people stay in education and forced to join the queue growing unemployment will increase social spending and the deficit up, not down. Ministers must admit that this evil and restore the EMA.


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