Adult and Community Education
Adult and Community Education
The purpose of the Adult and Community Education (ACE) Fund is to provide community-based education, foundation skills, and pathways into other learning opportunities that meet community learning needs.
The purpose of the Adult and Community Education (ACE) Fund is to provide community-based education, foundation skills, and pathways into other learning opportunities that meet community learning needs.
We fund Adult and Community Education (ACE) provision for:
- community-based education,
- foundation skills, and
- pathways into other learning opportunities that meet community learning needs.
ACE is delivered by different sectors:
- ACE in Communities (community organisations, private training establishments (PTEs) and rural education activity programme (REAP) providers),
- ACE in Tertiary Education Institutions, and
- ACE in Schools.
Funding conditions
To receive ACE funding, tertiary education organisations (TEOs) must comply with the funding conditions for the relevant year.