Funding and payments

Funding and payments

Last updated 30 May 2023
Last updated 30 May 2023

This page provides information about how Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WLN) TEO-led funding is set, funding allocation, funding rate, funding calculation, payment and funding recovery.  

These pages relate to WLN TEO-led funding. See Employer-led Workplace Literacy and Numeracy for information about the WLN Employer-led funding.

Funding

The Literacy and Numeracy provision funding mechanism is issued by the Minister responsible for tertiary education. The funding mechanism outlines the general form and essential components of the fund. It provides the mandate for us to allocate the funding and what the funding can be used for, and details how we administer the fund.

Funding is agreed through a tertiary education organisation’s (TEO’s) Investment Plan (Plan).

A TEO that receives WLN funding (TEO-led) is required to:

Funding for WLN is set through the Government’s annual budget process. We determine the appropriate amount of WLN TEO-led funding for a TEO.

Through each TEO’s Plan, we agree the mix of provision (MoP). This includes the:

  • programmes that the funding can be used for
  • allocation of funding towards each programme, and
  • volume of delivery expected from each programme.

Opportunity for WLN providers – one-off recoverable funding top-up

The TEC acknowledges that the nature of TEO-led Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WLN) provision, combined with other factors, have influenced delivery and timing of learning in 2022. The resulting delays to learning can mean TEO-led WLN providers under delivereven if the learning is still in the pipeline.

We have sent WLN providers information about an opportunity for a one-off recoverable additional funding top-up for 2023. This is for those providers who received a TEO-led WLN preliminary recovery of more than 5% of their 2022 allocation.

Please email completed applications for the top-up to customerservice@tec.govt.nz with the subject line: ‘[Your EDUMIS] – TEO-led WLN – One-off additional funding: application’. The deadline is 5.00pm on Wednesday 8 March 2023.

Payments

WLN TEO-led funding is paid in monthly instalments. The payment amounts are in equal instalments from January to June, and in equal instalments from July to December. 

Funding allocation

Indicative allocation

The indicative allocation is our early estimate of the “On-Plan” funding that each tertiary education organisation (TEO) could receive in the following delivery year if its Investment Plan is approved for funding.

We calculate the indicative allocation using a set of allocation methodologies. These methodologies are specific to each fund. We review and revise them every year to ensure they’re aligned to funding determinations and the current tertiary environment.

Indicative allocations are made available through the My Allocations and Payments app on Ngā Kete from 1 June.

For more information, see Indicative allocations by year.

For more details regarding your specific allocation, please contact customerservice@tec.govt.nz or your Relationship Manager.

Funding rate

WLN TEO-led provision is funded at a fixed rate of $77.57 per hour of face-to-face literacy, numeracy, or literacy and numeracy, tuition.

For funding from 1 January 2023, the funding rate for TEO-led WLN will increase by a further 2.75% to $80.66 per hour. This is in addition to the 1.2% increase that was applied for the 2022 fund rate.

Each hour of provision not attended by the learner is not to be reported and is not funded.

Note: Delivery to learners receiving less than 25, and more than 80, hours (if eligible) is also funded, not just delivery to learners receiving 25 to 80 hours. See Eligibility (Programme eligibility).

Funding wash-ups

The methodology and technical specifications for the calculation of 2022 funding wash-ups can be found in the 2022 Global Wash-up Methodology document.

2022 Global Wash-up Methodology (PDF 1.1 MB)

Opportunity for WLN providers – one-off recoverable funding top-up

The TEC acknowledges that the nature of TEO-led Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WLN) provision, combined with other factors, have influenced delivery and timing of learning in 2022. The resulting delays to learning can mean TEO-led WLN providers under delivereven if the learning is still in the pipeline.

We have sent WLN providers information about an opportunity for a one-off recoverable additional funding top-up for 2023. This is for those providers who received a TEO-led WLN preliminary recovery of more than 5% of their 2022 allocation.

Please email completed applications for the top-up to customerservice@tec.govt.nz with the subject line: ‘[Your EDUMIS] – TEO-led WLN – One-off additional funding: application’. The deadline is 5.00pm on Wednesday 8 March 2023.