Eligibility
Eligibility
This page sets out the eligibility criteria for the Youth Guarantee Fund.
This page sets out the eligibility criteria for the Youth Guarantee Fund.
To receive Youth Guarantee (YG) Fund funding, you must continue to be: See the YG funding conditions from the relevant year for the full TEO eligibility requirements. See the YG funding conditions from the relevant year for the full programme eligibility requirements. Minimum requirements YG Fund provision should: From 2023 0.5 EFTS means: For more information on Vocational Pathways and the list of standards in each pathway see Youth Guarantee. Youth Guarantee delivery must be face-to-face (for example, not delivered via distance learning or in a work-based setting) unless we authorise you in writing to use an alternative delivery method. See the YG funding conditions from the relevant year for the full learner eligibility requirements. Learners must not be simultaneously enrolled in school and a Youth Guarantee funded qualification. Learners must not be enrolled in a Youth Guarantee funded qualification and also be enrolled in another TEC-funded programme at the same time, eg, Intensive Literacy and Numeracy (ILN), a Delivery on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework at Levels 1 and 2 (DQ1-2), New Zealand Apprenticeship or Gateway. A learner that is eligible for ILN-funded programmes is not considered to have the necessary literacy and numeracy skills to be successful in a Youth Guarantee programme. Qualification prior achievement limits are to ensure that government funding is targeted to learners with no or low qualification prior achievement, and to enable learners to pathway to higher level qualifications. In practice this means: TEOs must ensure that learners who already hold a qualification at Level 1 or 2 on the NZQF comprise no more than 10% of new enrolments in a Youth Guarantee programme leading to award of a qualification at that level. Learner holds a qualification at … And enrols in a qualification at … Learner will be included in the 10% prior achievement calculation in each year of delivery Level 1 Level 1 Yes Level 2 Level 2 Yes Level 1 Level 2 No A learner enrolment in a subsequent Youth Guarantee qualification at the same TEO at any level is not considered a ‘new enrolment’. To meet the learner eligibility requirements the TEO must: Learners may be re-enrolled in Youth Guarantee, as long as they continue to meet the learner eligibility conditions, including enrolling in no more than 1.5 EFTS provision per calendar year. Some learners may turn 25 years old during a programme they are enrolled in. These learners remain eligible for Youth Guarantee for the courses required to complete their qualification. Youth Guarantee funding is not available for learners who have already turned 25 years old to re-enrol in courses they did not successfully complete. Keep this in mind when you enrol a learner who is close to turning 25 years of age, as any re-enrolments in qualifications or courses will need to be self-funded by the learner or from DQ1-2/Non-degree Delivery at Levels 3-7 on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework and all Industry Training (DQ3-7) Funds funding. Tertiary education organisation (TEO) eligibility
Programme eligibility
Learner eligibility
Limit on qualification prior achievement
Level 1 and 2 programmes
Level 3 programmes
Age limit for learners