The minister said detractors have celebrated the reputational damage to the student funding scheme, his department and the government.
The troubled student financial aid scheme will be placed under administration
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has blamed the University of Johannesburg for a financial error that reduced student allowances
The student financial aid scheme’s board has rejected calls by students demanding that their accommodation allowances be paid to them directly
Three days of protest because allowances are now paid directly to landlords
The civil rights organisation says students have been asking it to intervene and warned if the crisis was not resolved fast, they would have no option but to protest
The student aid scheme has in the past received qualified audit opinions, but most recently received an adverse opinion because of shambolic internal controls
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The national chairperson has called on EFF delegates to nominate hard workers for party posts at the December elective conference
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The financial aid scheme did not take steps to ensure a settlement between the funds paid to higher education institutions and the allocation of those funds to students
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Minister’s statement comes amid kickback allegations against himself and the fund’s chairperson
The student funding scheme has accused the civil rights organisation of veering into politics and, like the minister, has threatened legal action
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The taxpayer-funded scheme has accused the civil rights organisation of veering into politics and, with the higher education minister, has threatened legal action
NSFAS told Parliament on Wednesday that the number could rise to 121,000 students by 2025
The South African Union of Students claims the financial aid scheme is close to collapse after its failure to pay stipends to over 70 000 students since May
The real tragedy lies in the suffering of the students
The funds annual budget is just under R50 billion
Those in power have learnt very little from the past and will continue to cling to the capricious hope that somehow the problem will go away
Their demands and the reactions they solicit no longer match those of 2015’s #FeesMustFall – students need an actionable plan, funds, accommodation
The #FeesMustFall protests demonstrated the burden of higher education in South Africa, a concept institutions contend with annually
The NSFAS accommodation cap and other concerns will be discussed by task force comprising the department of higher education and training, Usaf and vice-chancellors
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Had our institutions been keeping up with the fourth industrial revolution and providing skills training, our corporates would be happy to employ their graduates.
For the next three months we all must critically engage with the education sector to halt the flood of a generation slipping through.
A few of South Africa’s unemployed youth share their stories
Subsidy cuts and rising unemployment as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic means how to finance higher education is the most significant challenge
Because the government ignores legitimate complaints and softer forms of protest, and only protest action yields results, we have learned that power trumps the law, despite what the constitution claims. A human rights court could be an answer
Wits sent students notices stating that they were liable for tuition, allowance and accommodation costs for 2020. The bombshell was dropped on the students in the last week of March.
Students were told that the scheme would no longer fund them and that they were also liable for 2020 fees and all other study costs
Vice-chancellors tell parliament that there needs to be a lasting national solution to the funding issues as they cannot deal with them on their own
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The cops accused of killing Mthokozisi Ntumba during the Wits student protests last week will spend another week in custody as the NPA opposes bail
The vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State has spoken about academic measures for students for the academic year following the national shutdown
Nzimande’s last-minute scramble to find funding for students has not stopped them from mobilising for a nationwide shutdown.
Funds will be diverted from the higher education department to help cover the NSFAS shortfall