Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

ediary education assistance scheme
following information has been extracted from a booklet entitled
Education Assistance Scheme 1976, Information for Applicants
which, together with the TEAS application form, are available
student counselling office, level 2 of the business and arts building.
~ssistance under the Tertiary Education Assistance Scheme may include:
(i) payment of tuition fees;
(ii) living allowance;
(iii) incidentals allowance;
(iv) allowance for a dependent spouse (husbandlwife) and/or child;
(v) fares allowance.
\11 benefits available are subject to a means test
student must be eligible for living allowance in order to receiveany of the other
)) Living allowance: ,
) Ordinary students - students are classed as ordinary unless they meet one of the
criteria for independent status. Ordinary students have the means test applied to
parental income and may receive living allowance at one of the following rates.
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(i) At home rate
For students living with parents while attending courses the maximum rate
payable is $1000 per annum. (Reg. 42(2)(b))
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(ii) Living away from home rate
Where students live away from home to attend courses the maximum rate is
$1600 per annum. The latter rate is payable to students who
- have reached or will turn 21 years of age in 1976 and will be living away from
home (Reg. 42(2)(a)(i));
- must live away from home to meet compulsory residence requirements of their
course (Reg. 42(2)(a)(iii));
- because of distance and time involved in daily travel must live away from home
in order to attend the institution of their choice. (Reg. 42(2)(a)(iv));
- are under 21 years of age and must live away from home because of difficult
conditions at home which would have an adverse effect on their studies.
Students must substantiate their claim by submitting with their application form
a signed statement outlining conditions at home together with corroborative
declarations from persons aware of the difficulties. Where appropriate, a floor
plan of the home must be included. meg. 42(2)(a)@)).
)Independent students - for independent students, the means test is applied to the
income of the student and, where appropriate. -- - hislher wifelhusband.
The maximum rate payable is $1600 p.a. (Reg. 41(2)).
Students may be granted independent status where they
(i) have reached or will turn 25 years of age in 1976 (Reg. 30(l)(a));
(ii) are orphans. (A signed statement must be attached to the application form giving
names of parents and date of decease.) (Reg. 30(l)(c));
(iii) are wards of State. (Documentary evidence, eg. a statement from the appropriate
state authority, giving the date on which the applicant became a ward of State,
must be attached to the application form.) (Reg. 30(l)(d));
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