The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has, for two weeks, not answered why it is no longer fund the three-year law degree at the University of Witwatersrand — and why it revoked funding for the 2020 academic year after this had been approved.
At first NSFAS said the department of higher education, science and innovation needed to respond to the queries because it decided what programmes would be funded. But the department said NSFAS should account for the decision because the department does not communicate with individual universities.to the guidelines NSFAS uses to determine funding. These were approved last month by Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.
Students doing the LLB degree at Wits had to study for an undergraduate degree first before they could be accepted on the law course. Theis yet to receive a response from NSFAS on what criteria or guidelines it used to revoke the students’ 2020 funding.They have created a WhatsApp group called “Defunded by NSFAS”, which has 117 members. One student, Hellmann Hlokuma, said what baffled him was that the decision “came from nowhere” and was only communicated to them at the end of March.
Another student, Vuyolwethu Budu, said she was stuck in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape and could not return to Johannesburg if she does not have NSFAS funding. She cannot afford to pay for accommodation and study costs. Budu said this was worrying her because it means her studies will be disrupted.
and no same issue at NMandelaBaymuni ! My worker's son and 12 friends struggling to get funding for 3rd year law. Mid march and not registerered yet myNSFAS EstelleEllis
Wow I guess this is why I was defunded I didn’t even know I blindly appealed and hoped I’d get it back but I didn’t - this explains it
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