Reduction in funding announced in Budget 2016

As part of Budget 2016, the maximum funding rate in the Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WLN) TEO-led fund has been reduced, with savings to be re-invested into further literacy and numeracy provision. Due to demand, in 2018, $1.5m will be transferred from WLN TEO-led to WLN Employer-led with a further $1.5m to be transferred in 2019. Individual allocations may also reflect additional performance reductions.

We fund workplace literacy and numeracy provision to:

• increase the literacy and numeracy skills of employees, and
• contribute to workplace productivity through the provision and evaluation of literacy and numeracy learning in a workplace context.

This is achieved by:

• providing literacy and numeracy programmes of study or training to employees, and
• supporting workplaces to establish sustainable workplace literacy and numeracy provision.

Initiatives funded through WLN should support high-quality learning that is tailored to the needs of the workplace.

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

Resources

• Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool 
• Guidelines for using the literacy and numeracy assessment tool (PDF 443 KB) 
• Starting Points Assessment Guide (PDF 1.1 MB) 
• Research about Māori learners (PDF 493 KB) – research commissioned by us
• Pasifika Operational Strategy 2017 (PDF 303 KB) – our strategy to raise Pasifika achievement and success in tertiary education (PDF, 309 Kb)
• WLN TEO-led providers (PDF 174 KB) 
• Skills Highway website