Youth Guarantee Fund
Youth Guarantee Fund
Youth Guarantee funding provides fees-free tertiary study at Levels 1–3 to enable young people to progress to higher-level education or employment.
Youth Guarantee funding provides fees-free tertiary study at Levels 1–3 to enable young people to progress to higher-level education or employment.
The Youth Guarantee Fund is part of a wider suite of initiatives that includes Vocational Pathways and Secondary-Tertiary Programmes (such as Trades Academies). These initiatives provide opportunities for learners to achieve a minimum of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 2 or equivalent, to enable progression to higher levels of study, training or employment.
More information on the wider programmes is available at Youth Guarantee.
The Youth Guarantee Fund provides fees-free tertiary education for learners aged 16–24 years who have no or low prior qualification achievement. Learners may study towards: From 1 January 2023 the following changes will be applied to the Youth Guarantee fund: If you currently receive TEC funding from the below funds you can apply for additional Youth Guarantee funding in 2023: If you would like to apply, then please complete the request form below, use the naming convention [EDUMIS] – YG Funding Request – 2023, and return it to us on Workspace 2 and via email at customerservice@tec.govt.nz by Friday, 3 February 2023. Please specify in the application form if you are applying to transfer current approved DQ1-2 funding to the YG fund. 2023 Youth Guarantee – Request to transfer EFTS or apply for additional funding (XLSX, 133 KB) Applicants for additional YG funding will be notified of the outcome of our decision in late February 2023. Courses funded under Youth Guarantee that started on or after 1 July 2020 do not use a learner's entitlement to Fees Free, and do not impact a learner's future eligibility for Fees Free. For information on the interaction of Fees Free and Youth Guarantee before 1 July 2020, see Fees Free interactions with other Funds.Purpose
Key changes from January 2023
2023 Additional Funding Round – Levels 1 and 2
Interactions with Fees Free
Youth Guarantee interaction with Fees Free