Youth Guarantee Fund
Youth Guarantee Fund
Youth Guarantee (YG) funding provides fees-free tertiary study at Levels 1–3 to enable young people to progress to higher-level education or employment.
Youth Guarantee (YG) 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: 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 Interactons with other Funds – MPTT and YG interaction with Fees Free. Purpose
Key changes from January 2023
Youth Guarantee interaction with Fees Free
Youth Guarantee interaction with Fees Free