Student Representative Council (SRC) presidents from across the country met with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) last week on student funding matters. A number of resolutions were made in a bid to enable a greater number of students to register in time for the start of lectures countrywide. The resolutions effectively enable hundreds more students at the various universities, including Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), to go ahead with registration, … [Read more...] about NMMU Update on NSFAS Funding
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NMMU not part of ‘missing middle’ pilot funding scheme
More than 1 000 students from the "missing middle" stand to benefit from a new student funding scheme to be piloted at the University of Venda, Wits University, University of Pretoria, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Tshwane University of Technology, University of Cape Town and one TVET college - Orbit TVET College. The Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP) will be piloted this year at six universities and one Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College. The scheme … [Read more...] about NMMU not part of ‘missing middle’ pilot funding scheme
Scolarships for ‘missing middle’ students
Sivuyisiwe Gora, 20, falls into the so-called "missing middle" category of students, who are deemed not poor enough to qualify for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). She achieved outstanding results in her first year of analytical chemistry at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) last year but, unable to pay her fees, almost dropped out. NMMU's debt and down-payment relief initiatives earlier this year, in response to the #FeesMustFall movement, meant she could … [Read more...] about Scolarships for ‘missing middle’ students
Stories from the Missing Middle
The so-called "missing middle" - students whose household income extends up to R300 000 with several dependents – are those who don't qualify for NSFAS financial assistance because they aren't deemed poor enough, but who still cannot afford to pay their study fees. These students may be academically deserving but fall into a bracket that restricts them from continuing with tertiary studies. Here are some of the good stories from students of the missing middle: Inam Pinyana grew up in the … [Read more...] about Stories from the Missing Middle
