where can i get help for fees?

[jessgray]

i finally found a course i want to do but its a bit out of reach for me. is their something at centerlink or something that can help? the fees for the course are about $1500 wich includes my books and materials

[CJJHRA]

you should get health care card rates for fees.

[jessgray]

its through seek learning's tafe provider and i dont think they offer health care card rates coz the guy i spoke to on the phone just rambled on about how i could get financial assistance on a loan through some company if i was working 20 hours a week minium.:banghead: then i told him i wasnt working and he said i could go to a bank and get a loan :confused: i doubt a bank will give me a loan

[jessgray]

this is the course
http://zdnet.seeklearning.com.au/tafe/child-care.asp

[ForeverMine]

A few months ago DP was looking for work or anything to do and he was with The Salvation Army through good old centrelink... the salvos wanted to know if there were any courses he wanted to do or traineeships etc... he wanted to do his year 10+12 through tafe and they said to him if he got a quote from the tafe they would pay for his course... however his course were only about $200 each.

Im pretty sure they said that they would pay for it all or if it was more expensive, at least some of it they'd pay.

I don't know how you'd exactly go about it all but maybe its an option. Could you maybe study openlearning or even at tafe? Up in QLD the course you want to do it $800 and thats full fare, half price if your on a health care card, i have a couple of friends studing it...

Hope i helped even in a little way :thumbsup:

Christie. (Good luck with everything, i know how hard it is to start studing)

[Melo]

Cant help you on the fees Jess, but i've done my Cert 3 in Childrens Services (Child Care) and its an excellent couse! I'm doing my Diploma now and if you need any help please feel free to PM me! :)

Good luck!

[clarebear1983]

Thomson Education Direct has the same course for about the same price (books and everything included) but they have a payment plan and you get three years to finish the degree at no extra cost (unlike TAFE which you have to pay each semester for enrolment plus books etc).

The payment plan is like $70 a month or something over 20 months with a deposit of $40. Their website is www.thomsoneducationdirect.com.au
I know its not exactly cheap but the payment plan makes it a little bit easier.

[claireandbailey]

I spoke to centrelink because i want to do a course and they said that they dont cover fees, but they will give you money each fortnight to study. Plus some money at the start to help with books. The amount of money you get depends on the amount of hours you are studying. I am not exactly sure of the amounts i have it written down somewhere. The best thing you can do is call them up or look on the website.

[jessgray]

i ended up applying to do it at my local tafe it works out to be cheaper. c/link told me i couldnt get anything toher then youth allowance as a student. lol

clarebear1983- i dont like thomson education many of their coures arent accreditied and they say they are and the tutors dont mark assingment properly. IMO they shouldnt have a RTO liscence.

[Starlet]

I spoke to centrelink because i want to do a course and they said that they dont cover fees, but they will give you money each fortnight to study. Plus some money at the start to help with books. The amount of money you get depends on the amount of hours you are studying. I am not exactly sure of the amounts i have it written down somewhere. The best thing you can do is call them up or look on the website.

I'm pretty sure this is for single parents only as it's called the pensioner education supplement.

[jessgray]

yep thats what i thought she was talking about. its like an extra $20 a fortnight or something.

[bishmum]

The pensioner education supplement is about $62 a fortnight. Unfortunately doesn't cover too much when studying but every little bit helps!

Good luck with your studies!

[jessgray]

i am not eligible for it though coz i am not a single parent. c/link said all i can get is the$200 education entry thingy.

[clarebear1983]

clarebear1983- i dont like thomson education many of their coures arent accreditied and they say they are and the tutors dont mark assingment properly. IMO they shouldnt have a RTO liscence.

What do you mean many of their courses arent accredited? arrgghhh talk about false advertising! and to think i was considering studying with them! I think i will be rethinking that! I am getting a little peeved with them anyway cos they wont leave me alone on the phone since i sent off for some info they have been hounding me to enrol. Roood peoples and not a very good educational institution! Might be better off enrolling in TAFE on a parttime external basis if i can get in! Thanks for the in sight!

[kailensmum]

If you are recieving a payment from centrelink or have a haelth care card, you det reduced fees IF the course is approved by centrelink (can be up to 75%). Then when you start the course you get a one off payment of around $200 to help cover the cost of books etc. Then if you are on a single parent pesion you get a supplement fornightly to a maximum of $60 if it's full-time and around $30 part-time.
I'm doing the forms myself at the moment as i am enrolling in a diploma of justice, then will follow with Justice Administration
Hope that helps:fingerscrossed:

[jessgray]

clarebear1983- i did a masage therapy course with them and after the guy i spoke to on the phone said "yes it is accredited" and i have since found out it isnt:thumbsdown: and i have since found out i cant even use it as RPL for a tafe course if i still wanted to continue that path of study:thumbsdown: i got sick of them hounding me too. they also give out your details to other companies so you get phone calls and tonnes of junk mail addressed to you:mad:

kailensmum- http://www.seeklearning.com.au/tafe/certificate-3-childrens-services.asp thats the course . i have a partner so i cant get the single parent supplement. you can get the one off education entry payment every year:)how do i find out if i can get reduced fees?where do i get a form for that?