They need to be in one of the following places while they’re studying:
- boarding at a school, hostel, or privately
- living in the family’s second home to go to school
- living at home and doing distance education or approved home schooling
- going to a Northern Territory Homeland Learning Centre.
Your child needs to be studying full time. They must be doing primary, secondary or other approved study.
You may get Assistance for Isolated Children if your child does approved full time tertiary study. This includes any of the following types of courses:
- pre-vocational level,
- English Second Language (ESL)
- Vocational Education Training (VET) level courses through an approved institution.
We will continue to pay you up to the date your child reaches the minimum school leaving age for your state or territory.