South Africa: Parliament Unimpressed By NSFAS's Turnaround Plan

But Parliament's portfolio committee for higher education said the plan fails to address its concerns.On Wednesday, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme told Parliament it has a turnaround plan to fix its failures, but Parliament's portfolio committee for higher education was unconvinced.on its new direct payment system and other issues, and it faced sharp criticism from the committee for its continued failures.

Nzimande said he met the NSFAS board in August."Thus far I have confidence in the board because whenever I have raised issues with them, they were able to deal with the challenges," he said. Ramorwesi listed various challenges: slow bank card distribution, cyber-attacks, non-responsiveness in query handling, partners having limited capacity, registration template errors, and excessive bank charges.

Saud Ally, group CEO for eZaga, said the company is responsible for disbursing funds to over 143,000 students at six universities and 11 TVET colleges.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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