Funding and payments – ALE Fund

Funding and payments – ALE Fund

Last updated 15 January 2024
Last updated 15 January 2024

This page provides information about how the Adult Literacy Educator (ALE) funding is set and payments are made.

Funding mechanism

The Minister responsible for tertiary education issues the Literacy and Numeracy funding mechanism. It sets out the purpose of the fund and gives authority to the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) to administer the funding.

Funding is agreed through a tertiary education organisation’s (TEO’s) Investment Plan.

A TEO that receives ALE funding is required to:

Funding allocations and payments

Funding allocations, including any amendments are available through the My Allocations and Payments app on Ngā Kete.

ALE funding is paid in equal monthly instalments.

We allocate ALE funding to a TEO on the basis of a specified number of places in programmes leading to literacy and numeracy qualifications at Level 5 on the NZQCF.

For the calculation of indicative allocations see the methodology from the relevant year. The most recent information is at the top.

For more details regarding your specific allocation, please contact customerservice@tec.govt.nz or your Relationship Manager.

Funding rate

For information on the ALE funding rates, see Funding rates by year.

Funding wash-ups

For the calculation of funding wash-ups see the methodology and technical specifications from the relevant year. The most recent information is at the top.