When the new government came to power, they assured the country that the schools will not suffer from the budget cuts. It has now been confirmed that direct funding for schools is to be protected and that they will be due to receive a 0.1% increase in budget in real terms each year. This will increase the education budget from £35 Billion to £39 billion, which will hopefully result in a better quality of education for the students aged 4-16.
It has been announced that although schools will be protected from budget cuts, students aged 16+ will face the worst effects of the cuts. The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), which provided students from lower-income households with a weekly sum of money to encourage them to stay in education, is facing becoming scrapped. Universities are also facing a 40% decrease in their teaching budgets, which may result in a lower quality of teaching occuring, as well as their research budget becoming frozen.
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