🚨Protest alert 🚨Western Cape students to march to Nsfas head office over funding grievances and Nsfas’ new student allowance payment methods. TheCitizenNews Read more⬇️
Students from various universities in the Western Cape are expected to march on Wednesday to the head office of theIn a joint statement on Tuesday, student representative council leaders from universities in the Western Cape and the Free State said they would be embarking on a protest action over funding grievances and Nsfas’ new student allowance payment methods.
SRC leaders have alleged that some students have not yet received funding and others were wrongfully defunded since the academic year began in February.They also claim that some students only received funding for study materials, not for their meals and accommodation. They also allege that students who appealed their rejection for funding are in limbo because the scheme has failed to address their appeals.
“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. “This scheme has decided that this cohort of students is only eligible for a learning materials allowance, excluding them from meal and accommodation allowances,” the SRC leaders said in their joint statement.Student leaders have also raised concerns about Nsfas’ new payment method, which will see this year’s student allowances paid through the scheme’s bank accounts.
“As the year progresses, should they now get accommodation, the universities can pick that up and immediately cease the distribution of travel allowances. How will these companies be able to pick up such information, or will they continue to pay students travel allowances and later charge them for fraud?”
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