Education Maintence Allowance's (EMA)

EMA (educational maintenance allowance) http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/14To19/MoneyToLearn/EMA If a young person is 16, 17 or 18 and has left, or is about to leave, compulsory education, then they may be able to claim EMA to carry on learning. This could be up to £30 a week (can be £10, £20 or £30 a week depending on circumstances). EMA could help with the cost of books, travel, equipment or anything useful to continue learning. EMA is not paid to parents or schools but directly into the young person's bank account. Attendance is taken into account, and students are expected to attend regularly and work hard on ...  Read the complete review

Are you aged 16-19 and want to stay in education but are worried about money ? well , good news you may be able to apply for EMA. *What is EMA ? * EMA stands for Education Maintenance Allowance.This is where the government pays you up to £30 a week just for attending lessons.Sounds good doesn't it ? * How do I know if I can apply for it ? * A downside to EMA is that not every one can apply for it.Your parents must earn less than £30,000 a year in order for you to get the payment. *How do I apply for it ? * When you go to enrol at your new college/school they should provide you with an EMA form.You must fill it in along with ...  Read the complete review

Education is a big part in life for everyone. Children these days seem to need the encouragement to learn and the ema provides this for the lower paid families. At the minuite we are in a recession and there are no jobs unless you are trained in something and the only way that children can achieve this is by staying on at school. The law has just changed that the child will continue at school until they are 18 which is a good thing in my eyes to ensure that they will have a better future than most of us that thought we knew better. The Ema run a scheme that pays the child upto £30 a week to stay at college or school after the age of 16. I was ...  Read the complete review

EMA was introduced around ten years ago now by the labour goverment as an incentive to get more school leavers to continue with there education by way of a financial reward for them continuing there education. I have both likes and dislikes of the EMA system, firstly i think it is a good support for students who wanted to continue into further education and is very helpful to them to help support them financially but on the other hand the students who abuse this by taking silly courses at college so that they an claim this money and then never actually do anything with the knowledge they have gained irritate me to death so in a way i think it is a bad system ...  Read the complete review

EMA shouldn't be about who gets the most money because you don't go around asking people how much money they would make from thier jobs so you don't do the same with EMA. EMA is a real good factor for not poor students but for students who need money now and then to help them buy books and equipment for school, the good thing is that it really does motivate you to work hard and I believe the people that have recieved EMA in the long run will probably end up voting for the party that started it which is Labour because it really has helped me in passing my exams and being able to stay on top of my finances. The big issue with EMA is that sometimes it ...  Read the complete review