The Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande has announced that applications for 2021 National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding are officially open.
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The system was effective from Monday, and will close on November 30. This gives NSFAS applicants four months to apply.
NSFAS applications are for students who come from poor and working-class backgrounds and wish to further their studies at University or any public technical and vocational education and training college (TVET).
Minister Blade Nzimande said that NSFAS application process will be done online via the myNSFAS student portal.
“In the current academic year, NSFAS has funded over 700 000 students; 248 242 at TVET colleges and 481 339 at universities [students with registrations data], this is a 20% increase from the previous year when we compared registration data received in the same period 2019 versus 2020,” Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said in a statement.
Nzimande added NSFAS beneficiaries accounted for 40% of the undergraduate population at universities, and 70% at TVET colleges.
New applicants will need a copy of their IDs or birth certificates to register and create a profile on the myNSFAS portal, while existing users would need to log in using their registered myNSFAS details.
Due to Covid-19, applicants will also not be required to submit or upload consent forms but would need to accept and submit an electronic one.
The application system will require a prospective students to submit their supporting documents, including:
- a copy of their ID;
- a parent or guardian’s proof of income; and
- a copy of the parent or guardian’s ID.
“This is the greatest innovation by far as it speaks to the current discussion around the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and how government can change lives by providing much-needed services in far and wide locations using technology. NSFAS is leading in this space,” Nzimande said.
Minister also said that the National Youth Development Agency centres would be fully operational and accessible to applicants from September 1 to help applicants.
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hi, there can you please help me with the online registration of nsfas hence I am struggling to regiser, because is saying my email is not matching and I dnt know how because my email is the one I applied for my registration.