Adult and Community Education

Rule ENR515: For organisations to receive Adult and Community Education funding, learners must meet all of the following criteria:

• Be aged 16 years or older
• Be a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident, currently resident in New Zealand
• Not  be enrolled in secondary school full-time.

Rule ENR516:

In exceptional circumstances a full time secondary school student aged 16 years or older, including adult students, may be enrolled in an Adult and Community Education (ACE) course/activity, subject to the following:

• The course or activity must occur outside normal school hours
• The student must have written approval from the student’s school principal
• The student must have written approval from the ACE programme director or equivalent.

Rule ENR099: Rural education activities programmes (REAPs) can enrol learners who are younger than 16 in Adult and Community Education programmes. These enrolments must constitute less than 10 percent of total numbers.

All learners must be residents in the geographic area covered by the REAP as defined by the Ministry of Education.

Rule ENR139: Universities may aggregate Adult and Community Education (ACE) enrolments when it is not practical to record individual course enrolments in an ACE activity. This aggregation of enrolments results in notional Equivalent Full Time Students.