Government has approved a trial period for the introduction of a mixed funding scheme for the “missing middle” student income group in 2017. A pilot project would be implemented at various universities and one Technical and Vocational Education and Training college in 2017 to test certain aspects of the model,[…]
The University of the Witwatersrand has confirmed its fee increase will be limited to an average of 8% for the 2017 academic year. Tuition and residence fees will increase by 8% which also applies to international students, the institution said in a statement. “The only exception is for postgraduate programmes[…]
The National Students’ Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has called on the Matric Class of 2016 to submit applications for student aid for 2017. The scheme says its centralised system is closing its application window for the 2017 academic year at the end of November. Most of the applications received so[…]
Unisa management has forfeited its 2016 bonuses and put the R10m into a kitty for fees for deserving poor students, the university said on Wednesday. By its calculations, this will add to its existing contribution to top-up National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding in 2016 for undergraduate and postgraduate[…]
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will start rolling out a new application system for students next month – a move which is set to speed up the allocation of funds and help ensure that money set aside for bursaries does not go unspent. The new student-centred model will[…]
At least R650 million in student aid has been wasted, according to the DA. This was the money left unused by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) at the end of the financial year this month, said DA MP Professor Belinda Bozzoli. The lack of funds for students who[…]
“The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) cannot provide for all students who qualify academically for tertiary education and the reality is that being intelligent is just not good enough if you are poor.” This is the view of former Wits University SRC head, Shaeera Kalla, who responded to national[…]
In an effort to avoid more student protests in 2016, government will make more than R4.5 billion available to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to provide short-term debt relief to students, the Presidency said on Friday. According to a report compiled by a task team appointed by President[…]
Students representatives from several universities said they could not guarantee that students would not return to the streets in protest when academic activities resumed in 2016. The group met with Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education in Johannesburg on Thursday, where they advised that it was best that resolutions be[…]
By Adiel Ismail – From the offset I need to point out that I am no expert on this matter. I am an ordinary parent who have children at university and who is also concerned about the recent spate of events at universities. I will now describe the problem to[…]
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