The GATE e-Service Process

1. Register for Gate e-Service ID

Only citizens of Trinidad and Tobago can register for a GATE e-Service ID. Click here for further details on how to register.

NOTE

You must obtain a GATE e-Service ID before applying for GATE funding
Registration for GATE e-Service ID is not your application for GATE funding
You must submit your application for GATE funding online using your GATE e-Service ID. Failure to do so will result in you being unable to access GATE tuition funding for the particular semester. You will be required to pay your own Tuition Fees
Although a student’s eGATE application has been approved and their student account reflects a GATE Payment, it does not mean that funds were received by The UWI. An application can be Financed Rejected by the GATE office sometime after the student has submitted the application. In instances such as these, the student will be contacted to make arrangements to clear the unpaid balance.

2. GATE MEANS TESTING

Effective August 2020, the means test funding policy was amended as follows:

All applications for GATE funding will include a mandatory means test. Failure to complete the means test will disqualify the application from being considered for GATE funding.
where the household income is below $10,000 per month, students will be eligible for 100% GATE funding for tuition fees
where the household income is above $10,000 per month but less than $30,000 per month, students will be eligible for 75% GATE funding for tuition fees
where the household income is above $30,000 per month but less than $75,000 per month, students will be eligible for 50% GATE funding for tuition fees
where the household income is above $75,000 per month, students be ineligible for GATE funding

3. GATE POLICIES

Effective August 2020 the following revisions were made to the GATE Programme by the GORTT:

funding under the GATE Programme will be provided for no more than one (1) programme up to undergraduate level;
the discontinuation of funding for postgraduate programmes with effect from August 2020;
that students currently enrolled in postgraduate programmes receive GATE funding until August 2021.
students currently enrolled in undergraduate programmes continue to be funded for the normal duration of the programme.
students enrolled in programmes at regional campuses of The University of the West Indies (UWI) that are offered at the UWI, St. Augustine campus, be provided equivalent level of funding at the St. Augustine campus.
that students who are already in possession of undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications, regardless of whether or not they were beneficiaries of the GATE Programme, will not be able to access funding for any other programme.

It was also agreed that the following policies will remain in effect:

effective August 2017, only institutions and programmes accredited by the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago (ACTT) be funded
effective August 2017, the Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) programmes for Level III and above be funded
effective August 2016, persons over the age of 50 years shall no longer eligible for GATE funding
effective August 2016, GORTT shall discontinue the funding of new students in the medical programme at St. George’s University, Grenada, SGU.

4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Read GATE FAQs at: https://www.e-gate.gov.tt/gate-app/faq.htm
Visit www.e-gate.gov.tt/ for full details and instructions on applying for GATE
Higher Education Loan Programme: https://www.moe.gov.tt/higher-education-loan-program/

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