The President of the Students' Union said today that the government was spending (1) on education every year. She called on the Prime Minister to allocate as (2) money as possible on education in the next budget. She also said that too (3) students were performing below standards.

She accused the government of doing (4) to improve the situation. Hardly (5) children from inner city schools go to university and (6) of them, about 70%, go (7) further than school.

She added that another problem for students was finance, as (8) students can pay for their university courses and even (9) can get by without working during term time. A (10) of them have no choice but to work and study at the same time.