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BTEA Age criteria

  • 08-07-2012 12:31am
    #1
    stacexD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 587 ✭✭✭


    To qualify for btea I have to be 21 but what I'm unsure of is when I need to be 21.
    Before the course start date?
    On the 1st Jan of that year?
    Can't find any info about it online :confused:


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  • #2
    x Purple Pawprints x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,401 ✭✭✭✭x Purple Pawprints x


    I think it is the 1st of Jan that year but I'm not 100% certain. I've applied for it too but I'm 23.


  • #3
    stacexD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 587 ✭✭✭stacexD


    Thanks.
    I won't be 21 until April so hopefully it's not Jan!
    Gonna ask in the sw office on tuesday but I'd be surprised if I get a straight answer :/


  • #4
    Maldesu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭Maldesu


    I'd think it was 21 at the time of application/commencement of the course. They'd usually be more specific if they wanted it from 1 Jan.


  • #5
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    I looked this up before and I believe that you have to be of eligible age by the first of January for the year the course commences. I'm 90% on that. It was last year that I was looking this up so I'm not sure where I read it. I could be in the wrong, or maybe it has changed but that is how I believe it is.


  • #6
    Long Term Louth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 829 ✭✭✭Long Term Louth


    May be of some help

    http://www.welfare.ie/en/publications/sw70/pages/abacktoeducationallowancebtea.aspx#qualify


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  • #7
    stacexD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 587 ✭✭✭stacexD


    I found this after a bit more research
    Leaving Certificate ( Repeat LC maybe allowed for persons who are at least 23 years of age on the 1st January of the year of re-entry)

    It's the only one that they specified the 1st of January for so maybe it has something to do with the LC

    Also googling btea and 1st january the results I was getting were all about mature students.

    Argh I hate how hard hard it is to find out info about these things!


  • #8
    paperclip2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭paperclip2


    For BTEA you need to be aged 21 by the start date of the course. You can qualify if you are aged between 18-20 if you have been out of formal education for at least 2 years.


    To apply as a Mature Student for the grant you need to be 23 by the 1st of January of the year of entry


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