The National Student Financial Aid Scheme is a South African government student financial aid scheme which provides financial aid to undergraduate students to help pay for the cost of their tertiary education after finishing high school. It is funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training. NSFAS South Africa The National Student Financial Aid … Read more
NSFAS has opened its late registration period for all Unfunded students to apply before the deadline closes for the 2025/2026 academic year. Applications have been opened for two weeks, from August 18, 2025/2026, to September 03, 2025/2026. NSFAS encourages qualifying students who are registered in the 2025/2026 academic cycle and are without any other form of a bursary to enquire with their Financial Aid … Read more
Are you looking for a step-by-step guide on how to apply for NSFAS Program 2025/2026 and everything NSFAS? Then this article is your chance of getting enrolled. NSFAS: The National Student Financial Aid Scheme NSFAS is a government entity under the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) established according to the NSFAS Act (Act … Read more
NSFAS provides bursaries to students who come from poor and working class backgrounds and they will pay for much more than just your fees. If you’re a person with a disability, the criteria to be funded by NSFAS is as follows: Primary disability must be an impairment that is long term, recurring and substantially limiting … Read more
Being funded by NSFAS requires you to do a few things so that you can stay funded until you finish your qualification. After you’ve been approved by NSFAS, you will then be expected to: Comply with all academic requirements as set by institutions Attend and participate in lectures, tutorials and academic support programmes as required by … Read more
NSFAS funds South African students at public universities. Since UNISA is a distance learning institution, how much do UNISA students get from NSFAS for their allowances? The way NSFAS funds students is different to the way it funds other universities. Unisa students who are funded through NSFAS only receive a Learning Materials Allowance and Living Allowance. Learning … Read more
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) provides funding for students at higher education institutions. So does NSFAS still provide book vouchers now that students are using online learning? In the past NSFAS has provided book vouchers as part of their funding so that students are able to purchase any books related to their course of study. … Read more
Lets’s face it, not all of us are going to get approved into the NSFAS bursary scheme. I have seen many students get disappointed. Besides, many students out there are not interested in financing their education with a loan. The hustle of paying back is another headache. So what are the alternative ways to fund … Read more
DA Shadow Minister for Higher Education, Science & Technology, Chantel King, has today announced that the political party has written to Unisa and NSFAS to further explain why the institution has reduced its 2025/2026 student intake by 20 000. The University of South Africa (Unisa) is the biggest university in South Africa and one of the biggest … Read more
Once you have applied to The National Student Financial Aid Scheme, you would be asked to fill and submit the NSFAS consent form so that your application is completed and can be processed. Without the consent form, you are not able to submit your NSFAS online application successfully. What is a consent form? A Consent Form gives … Read more