New Provider Form for private training establishments
not currently receiving TEC funding
Fund information
New providers may use this form to apply for the following funds only:
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Student Achievement Component (SAC) level 3 and above
Youth Guarantee (YG) – excluding the DualPathways initiative
Intensive Literacy and Numeracy (ILN)
Intensive Literacy and Numeracy for Speakers of Other Languages (ILN ESOL)
Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WLN) TEO-led.
Our website has a Fund finder section to enable you to explore these funds including information about eligibility,
payments, monitoring and reporting conditions.
Information requirements and timeframes
To be considered for TEC funding, a private training establishment (PTE) must provide three pieces of
information:
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financial viability data
this “New Provider” form and
an Investment Plan
We have one main funding round each year. The current funding round closes at 5pm on 31 July 2017 and you
must provide all required information by this deadline to be considered. Funding for successful applicants will
start in January 2018.
General requirements
Requirements applying to all applicants regardless of the funding type sought are that:
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You must meet our financial viability standards to qualify for funding. Please see the link in Section 1 to
determine whether your organisation meets these standards. You must have at least 12 months of strong
financial performance to meet the standards, and we won’t fund you unless you achieve at least a ‘low’
risk rating.
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We are unlikely to fund your organisation if the programmes or qualifications you hope to deliver are
already offered by other TEC-funded providers in the same geographic location.
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Your organisation must be registered with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) as a PTE. For
SAC level 3 and above and YG funding, you may submit an application prior to receiving programme
approvals from NZQA. In this instance, if funding is approved, you must have received those approvals
before any funding can start. If you are seeking funding for aviation/pilot training provision, you must also
hold Part 141 certification from the Civil Aviation Authority for your training activities.
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You should ideally have an NZQA External Evaluation and Review (EER) category rating of 1 or 2 at the
time of application to be considered for TEC funding.
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We expect to be able to respond to your application for funding by the end of November 2017.
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TEO details
Name of Tertiary Education Organisation (TEO):
EDUMIS number1:
Lead contact person:
Phone:
Mobile:
Email:
Website:
Funding sought
Funding type
Dollar amount
requested
EFTS or places
requested (please
specify which)
Student Achievement Component (SAC) level three and
above
Youth Guarantee (YG)
Intensive Literacy and Numeracy (ILN)
Intensive Literacy and Numeracy for Speakers of Other
Languages (ILN ESOL)
Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WLN) TEO-led
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Please note you are unable to request Youth Guarantee Dual Pathways, Employer-Led Workplace Literacy and
Numeracy, Adult and Community Education (ACE) in Communities, SAC levels 1 and 2, or SAC delivery in
agriculture or horticulture at level 3 and 4 funding using this form.
Section one – Financial performance information
Any decision to fund a new PTE or Community Education Provider (CEP) is subject to you meeting our minimum
prudential financial standards.
The standards, along with a spreadsheet that can be used to test whether you meet the standards, are on the
financial viability page of our website.
We require any new PTE or CEP seeking TEC funding to show at least 12 months of strong financial performance
to meet the funding criteria.
Please attach a completed copy of the ‘calculating the prudential financial standards’ spreadsheet available on
our website. Please also submit a full set of your most recent audited accounts that support the calculated
standard. We are unable to consider applications that don’t provide a full set of your most recent audited
accounts.
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All recipients of government tertiary education funds must have an EDUMIS (Ministry of Education) number. If your organisation does not have an
EDUMIS at the time of applying, you may defer obtaining this until the outcome of your application is known.
An EDUMIS number can be obtained by applying to the Ministry of Education. Call 0800 422 599 or email [email protected].
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Section two – please only complete this section if you are applying for SAC level 3 and above and/or YG
We are unlikely to fund you if the programmes or qualifications you hope to deliver are already offered by other
TEC-funded providers in the same geographic location. However, we may consider allocating funding if we agree
that your proposal:
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has a demonstrable point of difference/is innovative in some way, and
is likely to enable success and raise aspirations for priority learners (ie, Māori, Pasifika and under-25s).
Point of difference/innovation
We expect all PTEs and CEPs that we fund to have/offer the following. (We don’t consider these to be points of
difference.)
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Pastoral care for learners
Industry support letters
Industry links to support work placements or employment opportunities
Qualified and experienced tutors, and
Demand from students.
Examples of points of difference/innovation could include (but are not limited to):
 qualifications that are not delivered by anyone else
 programmes developed and delivered through a formal industry/schools partnership, with
employment/internships offered after graduation, and continued workplace training and up-skilling for
graduates
 a history of high and sustained employment outcomes for graduates (ie, for educational delivery not
currently funded by us), and
 innovative and effective pedagogy.
Enabling success and raising aspirations
We have an ongoing focus and commitment to priority group learners (as referred to in the Tertiary Education
Strategy).
Programmes/qualifications must have a specific focus on enabling successful qualification achievement, and on
raising aspirations for priority learners. You will need to:
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describe how the delivery of the programme/s that you are proposing will enable priority learners to
achieve the qualification and successfully progress to employment and/or higher learning, and
describe how you will integrate best practice and respond to research findings (found at the following
links) relating to Māori and Pasifika.
2.1. Please describe your point of difference/innovation approach. You may respond qualification by
qualification (if you are seeking funding for more than one), or holistically/organisationally.
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2.2. Please describe how you will ensure success for priority learners, enabling them to successfully achieve
the qualification offered, to progress to higher learning/employment, and to improve their earnings
premiums.
Section three – SAC level 3 and above
Please complete the table below for each SAC level 3 and above programme/qualification that you are seeking
TEC funding for. Copy this table as required for each separate programme/qualification.
Qualification name and level
Qualification code
EFTS value of qualification
(total credits divided by 120)
Estimated funding rate per EFTS
(Refer SAC level 3 and above)
Number of funded EFTS proposed
Total funding sought for this qualification
(funding rate x EFTS proposed)
Territorial Local Authority area(s)
Where will delivery of this qualification take place?
Refer North Island or South Island.
NZQA approval
(please choose one)
 Yes, our organisation has NZQA approval to deliver
this qualification
 We applied to NZQA on the below date for approval
to deliver this qualification.
Insert DD/MM/YY
 We have not yet applied to NZQA for approval to
deliver this qualification
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Section four – Youth Guarantee (excluding DualPathways)
Please complete the table below for each Youth Guarantee programme/qualification that you are seeking TEC
funding for. Copy this table as required for each separate fund type/programme/qualification. Remember that
you must have applied for NZQA accreditation to be able to seek funding.
Qualification name and level
Qualification code
EFTS value of qualification
(total credits divided by 120)
Estimated funding rate per EFTS
(Refer Youth Guarantee)
Number of funded EFTS proposed
Total funding sought for this qualification
(funding rate x EFTS proposed)
Territorial Local Authority area(s)
Where will delivery of this qualification take place?
Refer North Island or South Island.
NZQA approval
(please choose one)
 Yes, our organisation has NZQA approval to deliver
this qualification
 We applied to NZQA on the below date for approval
to deliver this qualification.
Insert DD/MM/YY
 We have not yet applied to NZQA for approval to
deliver this qualification
Section five – Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WLN TEO-led), Intensive Literacy and Numeracy (ILN), and
Intensive Literacy and Numeracy - English for Speakers of Other Languages (ILN ESOL) Programmes
Please complete the table below for each programme that you are seeking TEC funding for, copying this table as
required so that you have one table for each fund type being sought:
Fund Type (WLN TEO-Led or ILN or ILN ESOL)
Programme Name
Number of funded places proposed, by Territorial
Local Authority area(s).
Number of places
TLA
Where will delivery of this qualification take place?
Refer North Island or South Island. Insert more rows if
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Total number of learner places proposed
Funding rate per place
(WLN TEO-Led or ILN or ILN ESOL)
Total funding sought for this programme
(Funding rate x places proposed)
Section six – Other activities
6.1. If applicable, please briefly describe the other programmes and activities undertaken by your organisation
that are not funded by the TEC, including any significant programmes and activities undertaken through
subsidiary bodies.
Section seven – Other questions
8.4. Is there anything else you would like to add to support your application?
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