Photo: ODTAll New Zealanders who have done less than half a fulltime year of post-school education or training will be eligible to study fees-free next year. Apprentices and industry trainees will get two years of fees-free training because their courses are less than fulltime. Hipkins said the policy would provide a year's free further study for all students who finish school this year. The fees-free policy for apprentices and industry trainees covers eligible programmes beginning in 2018 for up to two years. Labour has promised to extend the policy to two years of free study by 2021 and three years by 2024.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 04, 2017 22:07 UTC