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Are you a teenage parent, or do you care for a relative or friend? If so, it can be difficult to get out to school or college ... but you can keep on learning.

Here are some possibilities:

• learn online - there are hundreds of courses you can study via the internet - many relate to IT but there are plenty of others as well; check out learndirect for a start - see the link here
• if you've left school but  think you need to improve your reading, writing or maths for example, there is a lot of help around - your personal adviser will be able to tell you more 
• if you missed a lot of school because you were caring for someone, you might want some extra help before you start work - ask your personal adviser about E2E
• register with a local college or learning centre for a course where you can study at home, using paper materials, and take or send your work in to college for it to be marked - you may also meet a tutor from the college occasionally so you can talk about how you are getting on
• if there are times of the week when someone else takes over your caring, see if you can study part time at a local school or college
• if you have a part time job, you have a right to the same range of training that your employer offers to their full time workers
• sign up for a 'traditional' correspondence course, where everything is done on paper via the post.

If you are under 19 you often don't have to pay any fees for a course at a local college, or a course to improve your reading, writing, maths or IT skills. If you want to study with a private correspondence course, for example, you will have to pay. Check out exactly what is true for you - for example, are you receiving any benefit, and does it effect whether you have to pay. 
 

 

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