Disaggregated courses must add up to the total credit value of the qualification, but unlike Student Achievement Component (SAC) funding, Youth Guarantee is not funded at the course level.

For a trades qualification at levels 2 and 3 the funding calculation is: $14,300 x qualification EFTS value. Trades qualifications include NCEA where at least 50% of the courses are classified under SAC course classification codes – alphabetic and numeric – as C1, L1, or P1.

For a non-trades qualification the funding calculation is: $10,800 x qualification EFTS value. Non-trade qualifications include NCEA where less than 50% of the courses are classified as trades courses.

Specifically, we calculate a TEO’s consumed funding using:

• the number of valid domestic student enrolments, measured by equivalent full-time students (EFTS), and
• the qualifications, and their component courses, in which a valid domestic student is enrolled.

To calculate a TEO’s consumed Youth Guarantee funding, we use the following elements:

• the metric (EFTS value)
• course classification
• qualification funding category (trades/non-trades which may also depend on level on the NZQF), and
• qualification funding rate. 

Example:

Calculating funding for level 1 and 2 qualification provision

From 2019 onwards, we recognise that 100 credits is a full-time, full-year workload for a student enrolled in a level 1 or 2 Youth Guarantee qualification (one EFTS).

As a result TEOs will receive 20% more funding for delivery of EFTS towards level 1 and 2 qualifications.

The amount paid will be determined by the volume of levels 1-3 course enrolment EFTS that lead towards level 1 and 2 Youth Guarantee qualifications, as reported in the SDR.

We will fund up to 120 credits worth of delivery per student in a calendar year
You must not enroll a student in more than:

• 1.2 EFTS (120 credits) for programmes leading to level 1 and/or 2 Youth Guarantee qualifications; and
• 1.0 EFTS (120 credits) for programmes leading to level 3 Youth Guarantee qualifications.

See Condition: Student eligibility under Use of YG Fund Funding for eligible students.

We will continue to fund up to 120 credits worth of delivery per student in a calendar year.  

Example: In 2019 a new Youth Guarantee student enrolls in both the 60 credit National Certificate in Foundation Skills (Level 2) and the 65 credit New Zealand Certificate in Apiculture (Level 3). We will fund 120 credits worth of delivery, comprising 0.6 level 2 EFTS and 0.5 level 3 EFTS.

*    0.500 level 2 EFTS reported in the SDR plus the 20% premium = 0.600 level 2 EFTS funded.

** Because the student has been funded for 60 credits at level 2, we only fund up to 60 credits for the level 3 qualification (0.5 EFTS).

Also see Reporting under Monitoring and reporting.

Recognition of prior learning / prior achievement

Recognition of learning / prior achievement relates to previous study or experience (prior achievement) relevant to a programme that a student is currently undertaking. It enables a student to proceed with his or her study without repeating aspects of the qualification previously studied, or re-learning skills the student has already achieved through past work or other experience.

Recognition of prior learning (RPL), and credit recognition and transfer (CRT), are forms of recognising learning / prior achievement. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) provides information and guidelines on recognition of learning / prior achievement for TEOs.

RPL and CRT for Youth Guarantee students

Students may have already some knowledge of, or achieved, some courses or course content prior to enrolment in a Youth Guarantee funded qualification.

The TEO must recognise this prior learning and adjust the courses in the student’s programme. The TEO must not claim Youth Guarantee funding for:

• recognising this prior learning, or
• delivering tuition where the student already has this prior learning (i.e. skills and/or knowledge).

See Condition: Recognised prior learning under Use of YG Fund Funding for eligible students.

We expect the TEO to engage with students at enrolment to determine whether they are likely to have existing knowledge, skills, and attributes that can contribute to the graduate outcomes of the qualification.

If the student has achieved course content previously, the TEO must work out the EFTS factor of the unit or achievement standards previously credited to the student (using the 120 credits per EFTS calculation). The TEO must then subtract this from the standard course EFTS factor. The revised EFTS factor is the value that the TEO should then submit in the enrolment file of the SDR, in the FACTOR field, for that student.

Re-enrolling a Youth Guarantee student

Where a Youth Guarantee student requires further study to complete their qualification, their study can only be to complete courses that they have not yet passed. This can include content not yet studied or content studied and assessed, but requiring a re-sit. 

Note: For students who are 20 years old, see A student who turns 20 years old while enrolled is not eligible to re-enrol under Student eligibility.