Source: Tertiary Education Commission
See Condition: Use of YG Fund Funding for eligible students.
Students must not be simultaneously enrolled in school and a Youth Guarantee funded qualification.
Students must not be enrolled in a Youth Guarantee funded qualification and also be enrolled in another TEC-funded programme at the same time, e.g. Intensive Literacy and Numeracy (ILN), a SAC-funded course, New Zealand Apprenticeship or Gateway.
A student 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.
Limit on qualification prior achievement
See Condition: Recognised prior learning under Use of YG Fund Funding for eligible students. Qualification prior achievement limits are to ensure that government funding is targeted to students with no or low qualification prior achievement, and to enable students to pathway to higher level qualifications.
In practice this means:
a new enrolment is the first time that student has been enrolled in Youth Guarantee at that TEO, and
the TEO must verify individual students’ prior achievement before accepting them into the programme.
Level 1 and 2 programmes
In accordance with Condition: Student eligibility under Use of YG Fund Funding for eligible students, TEOs must ensure that students 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.
Student holds a qualification at …
And enrols in a qualification at …
Student 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 student enrolment in a subsequent Youth Guarantee qualification at the same TEO at any level is not considered a ‘new enrolment’.
Level 3 programmes
In accordance with Condition: Student eligibility under Use of YG Fund Funding for eligible students, a TEO must:
not enrol a student in a Youth Guarantee programme if the student has already achieved a qualification at Level 3 or above on the NZQF, and
prioritise enrolments in Youth Guarantee programmes that lead to award of a level 3 qualification on the NZQF to:
students who enrolled in Youth Guarantee with low prior achievement (no qualification or a level 1 qualification), and
students who have completed a level 1 or 2 qualification funded through Youth Guarantee.
Students may be re-enrolled unless they have turned 20
Students may be re-enrolled in Youth Guarantee, as long as they continue to meet the student eligibility conditions, including enrolling in no more than 1 EFTS provision per calendar year.
A student who turns 20 years old while enrolled is not eligible to re-enrol
Some students may turn 20 years old during a programme they are enrolled in. These students remain eligible for Youth Guarantee for the courses required to complete their qualification.
Youth Guarantee funding is not available for 20 year old students to re-enrol in courses they did not successfully complete. Keep this in mind when you enrol a student who is close to turning 20 years of age, as any re-enrolments in qualifications or courses will need to be self-funded by the student or from SAC funding.
