Lonestar, I seem to recall the topic of tax relief on bonds was covered in another thread. I have just tried to find it and failed, but I seem to recall the answer was to get your company to issue a receipt for the bond repayment stating that it was for payment of training costs. I gather the IR don't have a problem with this.
I have always found a call to your personal assessor to be beneficial. Mine is often in agreement to my point of view. A jolly nice chap, we are even on first name terms!