Higher education, science & innovation minister Blade Nzimande on Monday announced that the 2021 application cycle for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme has been opened. It was effective from Monday, and will close on November 30.
NSFAS applications are for students from poor and working-class backgrounds who want to further their studies at any public technical and vocational education and training college or university. To qualify for funding, the applicant must be a South African citizen and from a family with a combined annual household income of no more than R350,000. For students with a disability, the combined annual household income must not be more than R600,000.
“In the current academic year, NSFAS has funded more than 700,000 students — 248,242 at Technical Vocational Education & Training colleges and 481,339 at universities. This is a 20% increase from the previous year when we compared registration data received in the same period 2019 vs 2020,” said Nzimande.
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