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Refused BTEA now what? Please help

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  • 30-08-2010 3:18pm
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    Mollypops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    Hey, i got a letter this morning saying that my application for back to education allowance has been unsuccessful because i am not 21 years of age yet and because i have already done a different course at the same level. Im wondering what to do now, and if anyone has had this problem before? i also read on their website that if youre under 21 and have been out of education for two years and if you have been on job seekers benefit that you are an exception to the age rule...this is exactly where i fit in so why havent i been successful in applying? Any help would be great as i am supposed to start college on monday and can not go if this is not sorted. Thank you


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,053 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Mollypops wrote: »
    Hey, i got a letter this morning saying that my application for back to education allowance has been unsuccessful because i am not 21 years of age yet and because i have already done a different course at the same level. Im wondering what to do now, and if anyone has had this problem before? i also read on their website that if youre under 21 and have been out of education for two years and if you have been on job seekers benefit that you are an exception to the age rule...this is exactly where i fit in so why havent i been successful in applying? Any help would be great as i am supposed to start college on monday and can not go if this is not sorted. Thank you

    Ring them - tell them about this exception that you read about and see if you can appeal - otherwise - apply for the maintenance grant see www.studentfinance.ie

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    royalmum
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭royalmum


    i my daughter has just been refused the back to education but is on jobseekers allowance can anyone tell me what she can do about this they are saying she is not out of formal education for 2 years.


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