I am a pensioner on benefits. local college inform me i have to pay £10 per session. is this correct?
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is this correct?
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NO... johnny is talking rot. goto your local community education service provider, or your local library and they will have alist of FREE computer lessons, aimed at exactly your age group... (over 50)
how do i know..i teach computers at the local community centre..and its all subsidised, funded, and totally free.
obviously i dont know where you are... but in most big cities, its freely available... the NRF/adult education/ and dozens of other agencies exist to facilitate this stuff... they want us to embrace the technology...but not at ten quid a throw.
type WEETC into google... its the willenhall education employment and training centre... in coventry.. now you know why we call it the weetc. no one can pronnounce it...but thats what we call it..
good luck and well done.
Where I live if you are over 65 some, but not all, college courses are free. It may be similar where you are. I am sure that the usual cost of the course would be much more than that - at least, it would be much more than that here.
Yeah they aren't obliged to educate people that can't contribute.
find out if there is a U3A (university of the 3rd age) group in your area. they run many different courses for over 50s. courses are run by volunteers & it costs £3 or 4 to join for a year & (in my area) £1 per session. you dont gain any qualifications but you could get the instruction.
cant remember the exact web address but try a search for U3A
good luck
Don'y blame Tony Blair.
It'sa time honoured tradition to blamr a current government.
Local authorities set their own budgets and fees.
Do you live in aTory area?
Check with the local LEA.
No.
What has happened is that grants for non-academic adult education have been removed. So courses like flower arranging are no longer supported by government given grants. What most adult education colleges have chosen to do is lump something vaguely academic in with their non academic classes in order to keep the funding. So you get cookery classes that include maths skills and yoga classes that incorporate a bit of biology.
Computer classes are still supported, especially as Labour are very much into 'e-government'. What your tutor may mean is that fees for your course are high as they are subsidising unsupported classes.
If your course is at any college other than Local Authority maintained 'Night School' classes, the college won't do you any favours anyway. All 'night school' classes I've encountered would charge you around £35 for a 10 week course.
No , if you are in England and on benefits you may have to pay a joining fee of £10, but your courses should be free!! x
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