Adult Community Education Projects

Adult Community Education helps people develop and improve their foundation skills in language, literacy, numeracy, computing and personal skills, and transition to vocational education and training or employment. Training is delivered in easy to access, community-based settings and may comprise of non-accredited training, accredited training, and micro-credentials. Community-based learning can boost people’s skills and confidence, leading to renewed interest and the ability to participate in formal education and training, volunteering, or work.

In 2025-26, Skills SA will support the delivery of foundation skills training in community-based settings through Adult Community Education Projects. These projects provide contextualised foundations skills training through courses that best suit the interests and identified skills needs of the local community.

Projects can provide either contextualised non-accredited training – referred to as a Level 1 ACE Project, or a combination of contextualised non-accredited training and accredited vocation training – known as a Level 2 ACE Project.

All ACE Projects will be based on the ACE Project Guidelines and must include at least one Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) Pre-Level 1 or Level 1 or Level 2 unit of competency from the FSK Foundation Skills Training Package.