Why is it that when you want to go and study (as a parent) the government don't want to help you.?

Question

i want to go and study. But i have two small children(4 and 2yrs). the education dept says that my course has to be over £3000. if this is the case then why ask us mums to go back to work early?

Answer 1

The initiative was designed for courses of over £3000 in value, i.e. usually not a vocational course, try undergrad or postgrad diplomas (though post-grad diplomas tend to be more expensive).

I would suggest working either part time or a lessor role in the company of your choice relevant to the studies you are doing, so that you can apply or see the relationship between theory to practice and practice to academic theory.

Be warned though that jobs that demand more than 8 hours a day and eats into your weekends should be avoided. Alternatively, take weekend jobs such as retail so that you may have two free days on the weekdays. However, you may have to consider halting the job when it comes to the crucial periods such as final exams or projects to pass the whole paper.

Young children at that age (one and upwards) can be managed by able and capable grand parents up to around the impressionable age.

The common old wives tale is that children need parents when they are young.

When they hit 8 to 11-ish, that is when they need you around more as they become easily impressionable up to the age of 22. (i.e. not many know how to manage their work, social and financial lives, part evident in resulting in today's single parenthood.)

That is not to say that you should not be around them at all; This means you have a good 1 to 10 years working and studying duration before getting out of the workforce fulltime into parttime for the next 10 years or so.

Answer 2

Because they are short of tea ladies, dinner ladies, and lollipop ladies. Not because they are short of engineers or even people who know their way round a computer. Go for it! Ask all over, especially the college because they have a vested interest in getting ppl onto courses.

Answer 3

I know what you mean, all i want is to receive a minimal income whilst I study but to no avail. I didnt have a clue what i wanted to do when i left school so went straight to work and now I know what i want to do, I cant do it as I have three kids and cant leave my job.

Answer 4

i am a single parent and was doing a course to get me back into work .the course was free with a free creche but they have now changed it all right in the middle of my course and now have to pay for it aswell as the creche..it stinks!!how are you suppose to get the training to you back to work when you cant afford to pay for the courses

Answer 5

yes