New bursary agreements for NSFAS recipients
NSFAS recently announced that it was implementing its new National Student Financial Aid Scheme Bursary Agreement (NBA) after government’s fee-free education announcement.
THE National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has reminded first year students, who have qualified to get a bursary from the NSFAS, to ensure that they have signed their agreements by 31 July.
NSFAS recently announced that it was implementing its new National Student Financial Aid Scheme Bursary Agreement (NBA) after government’s fee-free education announcement.
The NBA is only applicable to first-time entering students and senior students who applied to NSFAS for the first time this year.
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Notifications will be sent to all other universities and colleges through the course of the year. The email notification contains a link, which students must click and it takes them to an online version of the NBA, which they have to sign by the deadline. Each student will receive the email directly.
“NSFAS is concerned that the process is moving slowly. By 15 May, we had generated 37 893 NBAs, but only 5 063 had been signed,” the scheme said in a statement.
Affected students who fail to sign the NBA by 31 July will not have their bursaries paid.
For more information, contact the NSFAS at 0860 067 327 or 021 763 3200.
