The Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses Programme (GATE) is administered by the Funding and Grants Administration Division of the Ministry of Education – Tertiary Education Division. Further to Government’s philosophy for developing human capital and entrepreneurship and for permitting access to education for ALL, the Government intends to ensure that: 

• There are no limitations to accessing quality education.
• All recognized programmes offered by tertiary education will be considered, providing they fulfil the Government’s quality assurance requirements.
• All students, including post-graduate students, will be bound by a period of service.

The period of service will be linked to the value of the grant (Part-time students accessing GATE funding may apply their current employment experience incrementally as part of their period of national service.

The objectives of the GATE programmme are:

• To make tertiary education affordable to all so that no citizen of Trinidad and Tobago will be denied tertiary education because of their inability to pay.
• To widen access to tertiary education that will support economic development and promote social equity. 
• To build and strengthen a national quality tertiary education sector through both public and private tertiary level institutions.