Fully subsidised free higher education and training for poor and working class South Africans. As of the 2025/2026 academic year, NSFAS will no longer provide funding for postgraduate courses. This includes postgraduate certificates, postgraduate diplomas, honours degrees, masters and PhD degrees. Students who were funded in 2020 for any of the 2020 NSFAS funded postgraduate … Read more
> Newly Elected TVET College SRCS> Understanding NSFAS Wallet with TVET information> TVET Circular 1-4 > TVET Circular 1-4 PresentationsHave you got a new cellphone number or email address? You can easily update your details online & stay updated with NSFAS – log onto myNSFAS via www.nsfas.org.za and update your details or create your myNSFAS account today. Click here to … Read more
> TVET College 2025/2026 Bursary Rules and Guidelines> TVET Admissions Policy> Continuing Education and Training Act, No 16 of 2006 (as amended)> National Norms and Standards for Funding of FET (TVET) Colleges> Report of the Ministerial Committee on the Review of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme> Amended Rules and Guidelines for the Administration and Management of the Department of Higher … Read more
For NSFAS qualifying students we pay for: Registration & Tuition Fees Personal Care Allowance Transport Allowance Accommodation Allowance Click here to read more about NSFASWallet
Please note that only students studying at the following institutions receive their allowances through NSFAS Wallet: Capricorn TVET College Central Johannesburg TVET College Coastal KZN TVET College East Cape Midlands TVET College Ehlanzeni TVET College Ekurhuleni East TVET College Ekurhuleni West TVET College Elangeni TVET College Esayidi TVET College Flavius Mareka TVET College Goldfields TVET … Read more
Application Cycles National Certificate Vocation (NC(v)) , Semester 1 and Trimester 1 – Annual – online application and walk in assistive capture application at the beginning of each yearTrimester 2 & 3 as per DHET calendar, in May and September respectively , also Walk in assistive capture applicationSemester 2 June – July walk in, assistive capture application … Read more
Only South African citizens are eligible for this bursary scheme; A student must be registered or intending to register on a PLP, NC(V) or Report 191 programme at any of the fifty (50) public TVET Colleges in South Africa; Must be in need of financial assistance (NSFAS will determine whether or not a student meets … Read more
Public TVET Colleges offer a very wide range of courses/programmes that have been developed to respond to the scarce skills needed by employers. Courses vary in duration from a short course of a few hours to formal diploma courses of three years. Naturally the costs of the courses also vary considerably but it is important … Read more
Students that have completed a previous qualification. Students with a combined household income of more than R350 000 per annum. Students who have already applied, qualified and received funding. They are automatically funded for the duration of their studies provided they pass their modules and meet the academic requirements. Foreign students (any student who is … Read more
Do you wish to study or are already studying at a public university or TVET college and come from a family with an income of R350 000 or less? Then STOP and read this: You qualify for a government bursary offered via the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) What is NSFAS? NSFAS is a … Read more