By Staff Reporter
26/09/2016
All students who will register at public universities and TVET colleges for the first time in 2017 and need financial support, can now apply directly to NSFAS for financial assistance. Applications will remain open between 01 August 2016 and 30 November 2016.
All technical problem experienced since Friday on the Nsfas website has been resolved and now all returning students can be able to process and submit their applications on the NSFAS website. Students are requested to note that while applications are open for all returning students, post-graduate students are not included in this provision.
For all current university and TVET college students already funded by NSFAS, NSFAS is in a process to receive all information and details from the university and college where students are currently enrolled. Students will be automatically migrated to the student-centred model, and will be notified by SMS and post once NSFAS has received and registered their details.
For all current university and TVET college students, who are not funded by NSFAS, but intend to apply for NSFAS assistance for the 2017 academic year, including those who were previously on a government funded bursary programme not offered by NSFAS, these students can apply for NSFAS financial assistance for the 2017 academic year from 01 September 2016 to 30 November 2016.
To apply on the NSFAS website, you will be required to register first to create a personal online account, and then proceed to fill and submit the application form online. Students may need about 30 minutes to complete this online process, and must also have scanned copies of the following required attachments: Matric Certificate, Identity Document/Birth Certificate, Last Academic Results, Proof of parents income (If parent/s employed), Death Certificate/s (If parent/s deceased), Doctor’s Certificate (If permanently disabled).
For more information: http://www.nsfas.org.za/content/loans.html
