Youth Guarantee
The Youth Guarantee is a new tertiary education initiative announced as part of Budget 2009. Youth Guarantee focuses on improving the educational achievements of targeted 16 and 17 year olds by providing them with an opportunity to participate in a range of vocational courses free of charge.
The objectives of the Youth Guarantee initiative are to:
- increase the educational achievement of targeted 16 and 17 year olds not currently engaged in education by providing them with improved access to study towards qualifications at levels 1 to 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) in tertiary education
- improve transitions between school, tertiary education and work.
If you would like be notified about the tertiary education providers who will be accepting applications for this programme, please email your name and training location (eg. Wellington) to youthguarantee@careers.govt.nz
