Ministry of Education literacy and numeracy course subsidies
The Tertiary Fees Funding Support Scheme supports teachers and leaders in primary and intermediate schools to undertake tertiary study in priority areas for teacher professional learning and development.
This scheme enables primary and intermediate teachers, leaders and principals in state and state-integrated schools to complete a tertiary course (paper) that:
- Responds to student achievement and engagement challenges, particularly in years 5-8.
- Addresses issues of equity related to outcomes for Māori and Pacific students and students with special education needs.
- Builds subject content knowledge in tandem with effective pedagogies for all learners.
- Strengthens Communities of Learning.
Individuals or schools can apply to the Ministry of Education for reimbursement of up to 50% of the tuition fees.
2020 courses
The following courses are eligible for subsidies in 2020. Please note that enrolment in these courses does not automatically guarantee a subsidy. To be eligible for a subsidy, you must be able to link your assessments to the areas of literacy or numeracy, or demonstrate how the course is relevant to supporting literacy or numeracy teaching.
Literacy and numeracy course subsidies available in 2020
- EDCURRIC 720 Teaching with Digital Pedagogies
- EDCURRIC 740 Accelerating Learning in a Digital World
- EDCURRIC 760 Special Topic: Making a Difference – Mathematics and Statistics
- EDPRAC 751 Practitioner Inquiry
- EDPROF 724 Developing Communities of Learning
- EDPROF 737 Ako: Learning to Learn and Teaching to Learn
- EDPROF 740 Promoting Learning through Inquiry: Understanding our Communities
- EDPROF 756 Enacting Responsive Pedagogies in Literacy and Mathematics
- EDPROFM 701 Special Topic: Te Reo in English Medium
- EDPROFST 700 Literacies Education: Research and Practice
- EDPROFST 702 Challenges of Literacy Difficulties
- EDPROFST 703 Leading Literacy Inquiries
- EDPROFST 705 Issues in Literacy Teaching and Learning
- EDPROFST 706 Language Analysis for Teachers
- EDPROFST 707 Children’s Literature in Education
- EDPROFST 734 Inclusive Classroom Contexts
- EDPROFST 738 Educational Leadership
- EDPROFST 755 The Inquiring Professional
- EDPROFST 764 Directions in Disability Policy and Practice
- EDPROFST 782 Educational Change
- EDPROFST 787 Researching Māori Education
- EDUC 705 Education and Development Policy
- EDUC 706 Measurement and Advanced Statistics
- EDUC 734 Maori/Indigenous Language Revitalisation
- EDUC 735 Researching Educational Settings
- EDUC 738 Gifted Learners: Meeting their Needs
- EDUC 787 Researching Maori Education
Thesis, dissertation or project subsidies available in 2020
- EDCURRIC 796A MEd Thesis and EDCURRIC 796B MEd Thesis
- EDCURRIC 797 MEd Dissertation
- EDCURRIC 799 MEd Thesis (Part-time)
- EDPRAC 751 Practitioner Inquiry
- EDPROF 703 Practitioner Inquiry Techniques
- EDPROF 792 Education Practice projectEDPROFM 796A MEd Thesis and EDPROFM 796B MEd Thesis
- EDPROFM 796A MEd Thesis and EDPROFM 796B MEd Thesis
- EDPROFM 797 MEd Dissertation
- EDPROFM 799 MEd Thesis (Part-time)
- EDPROFST 757 Undertaking Research for School Improvement
- EDPROFST 759 Research Portfolio BEd(Tchg)(Hons)
- EDPROFST 781 Special Topic: A Literacy Research Project
- EDPROFST 784 Special Study
- EDPROFST 789A Dissertation in Mathematics Education and EDPROFST 789B Dissertation in Mathematics Education
- EDPROFST 790 Dissertation
- EDPROFST 793 MEd Dissertation
- EDPROFST 795A Research portfolio and EDPROFST 795B Research portfolio
- EDPROFST 796A MEd Thesis and EDPROFST 796B MEd Thesis
- EDPROFST 798A Thesis in Educational Leadership and EDPROFST 798B Thesis in Educational Leadership
- EDPROFST 799 MEd Thesis (Part-time)
- EDUC 735 Researching Educational Settings
- EDUC 794A MEd Thesis and EDUC 794B MEd Thesis
- MATHS 785A Dissertation in Mathematics Education and MATHS 785B Dissertation in Mathematics Education
- MATHS 792 Research in Mathematics Education
- MATHS 797A Advanced Research in Mathematics Education and MATHS 797B Advanced Research in Mathematics Education
- EDUC 755 Social Psychology of the Classroom
- MATHS 707 Special Topic in Mathematics Education
- MATHS 712 Teaching and Learning Algebra
- STATS 708 Topics in Statistical Education
- EDPROFST 226 Introduction to Bilingual Education
- EDPROFST 375 TESSOL: Assessment
- EDPROFST 377 Bilingual Education
- EDPROFST 378 TESSOL: Critical Approaches to Literacy
- EDCURRM 301 Teaching and Te Reo Māori
- EDCURRIC 350 Teaching Mathematics Investigations
Tertiary Fees Funding Support application
Applications for subsidies are through the Ministry of Education. For detailed information on the Ministry of Education fees subsidies including application forms and course information, visit: