Nsfas to open for unfunded, eligible students in once-off window
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) will register students who were not able to apply for funding during the application window.
This was confirmed in a statement by the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation.
The application period will open for a two-week period, from 18 August.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Ishmael Mnisi says the initiative is aimed at alleviating the financial burden of eligible and deserving students.
“The Nsfas board, after careful consideration of the plight of currently registered university students that were not able to apply for funding during the funding application window due to a number of reasons, resolved to grant a once-off application window period for those students to apply.
“All universities are require to send their exhaustive list by no later than 17 August 2021 to be considered for this once-off opportunity.”
Mnisi says the decision was not intended to create a precedence.
“This concession is applied only to qualifying students that are registered in the 2021 academic cycle and are without any other form of bursary and requisite financial support.”
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