Financial help for isolated students

The Department of Education and Training is committed to ensuring that all children residing in the Northern Territory (NT) have choices, access to quality education and are not disadvantaged by distance or geographical isolation.

You may be able to get financial assistance if:

• your family is geographically isolated
• your child lives away from home to attend school or university or distance education
• you live in a remote locality and your child travels more than 5km daily to attend school.

Financial schemes

Each scheme caters for the needs of different students.

These are:

• Distance education allowance – support for a student to study through an NT distance education school.
• Remote transit allowance – support for the cost of daily travel to and from school in the NT.
• Boarding allowance – financial assistance for students required to live away from home in the NT or interstate to attend school.
• Tertiary fares reimbursement – support for travel costs to study in an NT or interstate tertiary institution.
• Isolated students’ education allowance – paid directly to boarding facilities to give students access to well-supervised educational opportunities.

Read more about the eligibility criteria and conditions on the Department of Education and Training website.

More information and contact

For further information on eligibility and conditions, read the Student assistance schemes - policy, application and claim procedures PDF (699.4 KB).