Students from several universities plan to take their grievances to the head office of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in Cape Town tomorrow:
Student representative council leaders from universities in the Western Cape and the Free State say some students have not received funding while others were ‘wrongfully defunded’.
‘NSFAS has also taken another barbaric approach by hampering and disadvantaging the academic performance of students registered for less than 60 credits towards their qualification,’ as per the statement. ‘This scheme has decided that this cohort of students is only eligible for a learning materials allowance, excluding them from meal and accommodation allowances.’
‘Students can register at the beginning of the year and later deregister, but they will continue to receive their allowances even when they are not students. In the same light, many students do not get accommodation at the beginning of the year and continue to stay at home or with their friends [while they] receive travelling allowances.’
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