Amid a continued national shutdown of universities, Blade Nzimande told parliament that government was collecting data of students’ historical debt
Thousands of students are anxiously awaiting for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to respond to their funding applications as registration at institutions draws to a close
The US has one of the most expensive higher education systems in the world.
For the government to wholly fund public higher education is seemingly impossible.
Fee-free higher education could cost as much as an additional R71-billion a year
South Africa’s economy won’t be able to shoulder the burden of what students are demanding
South Africa can afford fee-free universities without squeezing them to make do with even less.
Young people need a clear vision of the type of country they want to live in and should truly address the inequalities of the past.
Mduduzi Manana believes his fellow Cabinet members can and should help pay for student fees.
A graduate says he can’t get a decent job because the university withheld his certificate over debt.
The responsibility for funding higher education and training cannot be a government responsibility alone.
Students claim they didn’t get certificates after the funding agency failed to pay their fees.
It’s not just a lump of paper and ink, but a curated and researched stake in your future.
Acting vice-chancellor bends the rules to readmit 5 000 needy students who faced exclusion.
Government, state agencies and universities must urgently solve the dire shortage of funding for students.
A shortfall in financial aid means the doors of academia will be closed to scores of candidates.
Ways to create cheaper learning materials are being probed, but there are stumbling blocks.
Serious problems in system leave hundreds of thousands of eligible applicants empty-handed.
Having registration fees paid is not enough if you cannot afford to even eat properly.
Too many students have to make do with poor academic staff and infrastructural inadequacies.
FET colleges are valuable institutions for further education but suffer from misconceptions among the youth and their parents.
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/ 31 January 2011
The board of the state’s controversially underperforming student-financing body, NSFAS, will be "restructured", Parliament heard last week.