Adult and Community Education in Te Pūkenga and Wānanga
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The Adult and Community Education funding mechanism is issued by the Minister responsible for tertiary education. The funding mechanism outlines the general form and essential components of the fund. It provides the mandate for us to allocate the funding and what the funding can be used for, and details how we administer the fund.
Funding is agreed through a tertiary education organisation’s (TEO’s) Investment Plan (Plan).
A TEO that receives ACE funding is required to:
Please refer to the ACE in Communities funding conditions.
Funding formula
We determine the appropriate amount of ACE in Te Pūkenga and Wānanga funding for a TEO.
We measure ACE enrolments in equivalent full-time students (EFTS) for ITPs and wānanga. One EFTS is the learner workload that would normally be carried out by a learner enrolled full time in:
- a single academic year, or
- a single calendar year.
Funding rate
The funding rate for ACE provision is $4,596.00per EFTS (GST exclusive).
From 1 January 2022, the funding rate for ACE provision will increase by 1.2% to $4,651.00 per EFTS.
EFTS factors
ACE course EFTS factors are calculated according to the following table.
Calculating EFTS factors for ACE courses
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Course length |
Learning type |
Course EFTS factor |
Example |
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Less than 20 hours of learner time per week (part-time)
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Tutor contact time and test time |
0.0015 EFTS per hour |
A course running for 6 part-time weeks for 6 hours a week (36 in total), with 12 hours of this involved in self-directed learning – has a course EFTS factor of: (24 x 0.0015) + (0.00088 x 12) = 0.0466 EFTS
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Self-directed learning time that has tutorial support available |
0.00088 EFTS per hour |
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Up to 40 hours of learner time in total
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Tutor contact time and test time |
0.0015 EFTS per hour |
A course of 12 hours, 5 tutor contact hours, 1 hour in a test,
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Self-directed learning time that has tutorial support available |
0.00088 EFTS per hour |
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20 or more hours of learner time per week (full-time), and more than 40 hours total
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Tutor contact time and test time |
0.0300 EFTS per week x the percentage that tutor contact time and test time make-up of the total learning hours |
A course running for 4 full-time weeks with 100 hours in total, 70 of which relate to tutor contact time, has a course EFTS factor of:
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Self-directed learning time that has tutorial support available |
0.00088 EFTS per hour |
Payment
We pay funding for ACE provision in monthly instalments on the first banking day of each month.
Payment amounts are equal from January to June, and equal from July to December.
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