Learner eligibility – DQ1-2

Learner eligibility – DQ1-2

Last updated 3 February 2025
Last updated 3 February 2025

You must ensure learners are eligible to be enrolled in DQ1-2 funded programmes. 

For the full learner eligibility requirements, see the Funding Conditions Catalogue for the relevant year

Refer to the base funding conditions and DQ1-2 specific conditions.

Limit on prior qualification achievement

The prior qualification achievement limit is to ensure that DQ1-2 funding is targeted to learners with no or low prior qualification achievement, and to encourage learners to progress to higher-level qualifications and/or skilled employment.

In practice this means you can only enrol a learner in DQ1-2 funded provision if they do not already hold a qualification at Level 2 or higher on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework (NZQCF) achieved in the last five years unless:

  • the learner is enrolling in an English language or te reo Māori qualification, or
  • your TEO has not reached the funding condition threshold for enrolments of learners with prior qualifications. 

For audit purposes, you must retain copies of the Record of Achievement (ROA) that was used at first enrolment to determine eligibility.

Learners studying extramurally or outside New Zealand

You may deliver to learners studying outside of New Zealand and/or extramurally with prior written approval from us. Approval will only be considered in exceptional circumstances. For more information, please see the funding conditions for DQ1-2.

To request an exception to deliver to a learner studying outside New Zealand and/or extramurally, please contact our Customer Contact Group on 0800 601 301 or customerservice@tec.govt.nz.