TeachNZ scholarships
TeachNZ scholarships are for students enrolling in an initial teacher education programme, to become a teacher. TeachNZ have a range of scholarships that cover the cost of your course fees and pay you an allowance.
Education Workforce scholarships
The Ministry of Education also has study awards and grants for current teachers.
- Teachers' Kaupapa Māori/Māori-Medium Education Study Award | Education Workforce
- Primary Teachers’ Study Award | Education Workforce
- Secondary Teachers' Study Award and Support Grant | Education Workforce
Ministry of Education Tertiary Fees Funding Support
The Ministry of Education is continuing its Tertiary Fees Funding Support scheme for approved mathematics and literacy courses. Up to 600 teachers each year will be supported to study a mathematics or literacy course at the graduate or postgraduate level. Half the tuition fee will be paid for by the Ministry of Education and half by the teacher’s school, or teacher.
For further details on how to apply apply for this subsidy visit:
- Tertiary Fees Funding Support: Mathematics - Primary and Intermediate Teachers
- Tertiary fees funding support: Literacy – Primary, intermediate, secondary teachers
Or you can contact the Ministry, email: Tertiaryfees.Fundingsupport@education.govt.nz
The following UC courses are approved for this scheme. Please note that there may be some costs (such as the Student Services Levy) that are not covered by the subsidy.
- EDEM607 Contemporary Issues in Literacy Education
- EDEM653 Meeting the needs of learners with literacy learning difficulties
- EDEM618 Dyslexia: Identification and Intervention
- EDEM617 Enhancing reading development in young children at risk
- EDEM631 Foundations of Language Acquisition and Learning
- EDEM690 MEd thesis (90 points)
- EDEM691 MEd thesis (120 points)
