Ms Megan Yeates:

I can see the argument from both sides of the story. Because my parents could pay my college fees does not mean we were very wealthy or well-to-do. My parents had to scrimp, save and sacrifice things themselves to be able to put me through further education. I fell just short of the line to qualify. It is hard to say who deserves funding and who does not in that sense. It was very 50:50 whether I would have gone on to higher education or not. I could have fallen through the cracks and then I would have had to pick up a full-time job straight out of school, if we had not made those sacrifices. There are definitely people in that situation.