A Conversation for Barriers To Learning For Adults... (personal barriers)
Barriers to education - cost
Reality Manipulator Started conversation Nov 24, 2002
Where I live I do not get any reductions on the cost of further education, I have to pay the full lot even though I am on a low income only because I get Invalid Care Allowance and they do not give any reductions for this benefit. Even elderly only get a small discount on further education courses. I asked at the College but they said that was the rules and they could not be changed even though I was on a low income.
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Barriers to education - cost
Loup Dargent Posted Nov 24, 2002
hi kathrine...
yep... a perfect example of personal barrier and institutional barrier...
personal... because people might not take the step of going back to a learning environment if they feel/know that it will mean a too big financial sacrifice...
institutional... well it's obvious that something has to be done there at a government [national and/or local] level... rules can be changed... and in this case, rules should be changed...
after christmas i might add more to these entries... more details/infos/etc... i will definitely look into grants/help available for adults who want to go back into a learning environment...
thanks for your input...
talk later...
loup
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