Definition of 'full-time'

Young partners must be in or available for full-time:

• secondary or tertiary education
• employment-related training or
• work-based learning

For secondary school, a full-time course is defined as:

• 20 class hours a week

For young people studying at Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu - Distance school full-time is:

• 4 subjects at NCEA level 1 or
• 3 subjects at NCEA levels 2 and 3

Tertiary programmes have an equivalent full-time student (EFTS) value assigned to them. The EFTS value determines if the course of study is full-time or not. To be full-time, a young partner must be studying the minimum EFTS in regards to weeks, as used for assessing full-time for Student Allowance purposes.

For more information see:

• Table of weeks for EFTS

For work-based learning and all other types of training, full-time means the young partner must be engaged for 30-40 hours.

For more information see:

• NCEA level 2 or equivalent or higher qualification