Students cannot be registered to receive EMA at more than one school or college.

If eligible students are attending more than one Learning Centre, EMA is payable through the Learning Centre where they spend most of the week.

The main Learning Centre must have adequate processes in place to confirm the students are meeting the terms of their EMA Learning Agreements.

If you are not the student’s main Learning Centre, you must have procedures in place to send attendance data to the main Learning Centre.

The normal course eligibility rules still apply. The course or program of study at a single school or college must still be at least 12 guided contact hours per week.

Examples

Not eligible

The student is attending Course A at School A for 6 hours.

The student is also attending Course B at School B for 4 hours.

The student is attending for a total of 10 hours over 2 courses. As neither of the courses carries 12 guided contact hours per week, the student is not eligible for EMA.

Eligible

The student is attending Course A at College A for 6 hours.

The student is also attending Course A at College B for 6 hours.

The student is attending a total of 12 hours of the same course, but at different colleges. The student is eligible for EMA.