how come centrelink says your a low income earner but when it comes to school fees you aren't?
968191
Yes that does seem very unfair and frustrating. Sounds typical of Centrelink. Just wait 'til you go back and a different, but equally as grumpy 'customer service' officer tells you something totally different to what the last Centrelink person told you about the same issue. \nSome schools have payment schemes for school fees, where you can pay a little bit each week, which can help parents afford the school fees. Maybe have a chat with the office staff at the school, and they may be able to sort something better out for you.  Maybe that will help?
906928
Both my sister and I have had the same letter. We are at college studying an nvq level 2. I called the number and told them we are students but that doesn't matter! They said we should have still been paying, and when i asked how, they didn't know.\n  The only way to get around it is signing on (jobseekers), but you can only do this if you do less than 16 hours a week.\n   My sister was working part time aswell as going to college and she still got the same letter. Because of the hours she worked, she didn't have to pay tax or national insurance yet they still tell her she owes nearly £300!
714339
Haha no they don't, and even if you showed them proof they wouldnt believe it.  They would just blame the person and say it's their fault for being born poor, not working hard enough, whatever.\n\nEdit- Some of the answers on here are unbelievable.  "Educate yourself"  "We are as strong as men and can get a great job if need be"  Educate yourself?  Have any of these people been to the hood lately?  Or to a rural school?  Kids from there don't get coaching to take the SATs, their test scores arent as high as the kids of these parents on here...if they go to a college where SATs arent accepted then they are bringing down the quality of education...plus if you take out a loan you have to pay it back for the rest of your life at mafia interest rates...hard to deal with when the price of gas is what it is and everything going up but our salaries...People on here dont' seem to realize that the cost of welfare is MINIMAL compared to what we are paying for our MILITARY.  I wish people would WAKE UP.  If we cut that budget in half we would have money for schools to make them better, smaller classrooms, better teachers...safer playgrounds and neighborhoods...maybe we could take care of the ignorance and we wont have some baby's mamas with three kids by the time they are 21...let some of the SNOBS walk in their shoes for awhile, with little opportunity to get out of the cycle they are in...no, they would just rather complain and *****about people who dont' know any better anyway.  JERKS!!!
687518
About £10 per school week - too much.\nThe school cannot force you to pay.\nContinue to contribute £60 but write a letter of complaint to the Chairman of the Govenors. Explain your financial restrictions and offer to negotiate a voluntarily contribution of an amount nearer to the £60 of former times.\nThese 'funds' that schools try to collect cannot be enforced. Your child will not suffer any discrimination - and if there is any whiff of this, make a BIG fuss.
55647
By cess, you are made to pay more not less.\n\nIt is something that is required to be paid by those paying the "Central Excise Tax" over and above the normally payable amount of tax.
31986
It is based on your previous years tax return. The logic is: if you are working, you have more money to help pay for your schooling. You can always take out a loan. The government is not obligated to pay for your higher education.\nGood luck!
1116764
because you don't have the second largest expense as a student: rent. That's after tuition. \nI know it works, I did it that way!
1134226
Many US schools have scholarships that all students are eligible for, whether or not they're US citizens, but foreign students aren't eligible for US Government-backed financial aid.  A few schools provide limited financial aid to International students - mine was one of them - but there's a lot of competition for it.
968029
Its classed has a criminal offence.Have you tried to get the council to take so much a week.By law if you offer what you can afford they have to accept it.If they will not accept a payment, go to your local press trust me they will help & it will not be put in the newspaper,If you do not want to go to the paper go to citizens advice they will get in touch with the council for you.Good Luck
1123333
i'm a student... well tht's not a job is it?? u don't get paid for being a student!\nwell if u insist... \ni like it... 'coz u r so free and u can have the time of ur life.. friends, hanging around .. etc\n\ni hate it 'coz i am financially dependent
1181041
Yes, it's called school. but they don't pay you money, they pay you in education and they have excellente benefits too
1021544
See.......I don,t really know but I think there must be.....You can contact an education consultancy office in your city and they will tell you all about it...but then be prepared to pay a huge amount...Bye and best of luck
315623
Have you actually checked with your school? Also check with women's help centers in your area. A lot of times they will bend over backwards to help a single mom get funding for school.
880252
Yes, grants are only issued to students who are need based, so if your family's income exceeds a certain amount, you may not be eligible for a grant. Loans and scholarships are still an option for you though! Hope that helps!
1174456
no the money is for your expenses while at school. But they will not ask you for proof of what you spend your money on
502676
If you are going to work in a Government funded school, then you have to register with an organisation called the GTC (General Teaching Council).  It costs 33GBP (I think) per year, which is paid to you through your salary anyway (around the time of the annual payment).  Any school will ask for proof that you are a member of the GTC.  The reason for this is because they were set up in order to keep a register of teachers, ensure they are qualified etc...  I do believe that there may be an exception - if you are going to work in a Public School for example, or in Higher Education, where a teaching qualification (B'Ed or PGCE) are not always mandatory.  Hope this helps.  I would Google GTC and check out their website.  They were very helpful when I wanted to check some stuff.  Good Luck!
477781
It's terrible... I am a single parent and I pay well over that much in daycare.  I am finding that a lot of programs have scholarships that help pay for the fees... it is just a matter of applying before the scholarship money is used up.\nGood luck.