EMA
noun[CorU]
ukusabbreviationforEducation Maintenance Allowance: until 2011, apaymentthat someyoungpeoplein the UK between theagesof 16 and 18receivedfrom thegovernmenttocontinuetheireducationaftercompletingtheeducationthey must have bylaw:
Making thecontinuationofEMApaymentscontingenton apupilhavingmettargetshasplacedgreatpressureonheadteachers.