Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone
Actually, for the money-grubbing, cash register for a heart kinda guy that I am, this actually sounds like a good idea... provided there's a means test attached.
You put how much your parents earn on a form, and hand it in. It is quite easy to put in fraudulent amounts, though...

If the scheme is successful in getting more people to stay at school, and thence university, I still do not see the advantage. When too many people will go and get degrees, then the value of the degrees is decreased. Most of those who leave school after compulsory education go either to college to study highers and advanced highers or learn a manual trade to become a sparky, plumber, brickie, etc.. Those who don't might join the armed forces. Those who don't do that (a small minority, might I add) go on to stack shelves in Tesco. Now, if everybody goes on to get a degree, they will spend at least 3 years of their life studying, and come out the other end with a minute chance of getting a job in which to use that degree, and so will end up joining the armed forces, or stacking shelves at Tesco.