article_snippet: To help youngsters stay on at school and college, Ms Sturgeon announced the Educational Maintenance Allowance would be extended.
article_snippet: While 35,000 teenagers currently receive the payments of up to £30 a week, Ms Sturgeon said more school pupils and part time college students would be eligible for the grant. '
article_snippet: From next year a total of 57,000 16 to 19 year olds will be entitled to receive and Educational Maintenance Allowance,' Ms Sturgeon stated.