nsfas application

Nsfas Application

nsfas application

INFORMATION ON NSFAS

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) become shaped in terms of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. NSFAS is a bursary scheme that presents poor and running-elegance South African college students with fully backed free better training and education.

NSFAS’s imaginative and prescient is to provides students from negative and running-class households with economic useful resources, to adopt research at public universities and TVET colleges.

NSFAS PROGRAMME

On sixteen December 2017, former president, Jacob Zuma, announced that the South African government could section in “absolutely backed free better education and training for bad and running-class South African students”. The funding might be phased in over a length of five years and for this reason, the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) Bursary Scheme become installed.

STUDENTS REQUIREMENTS

Applicants should ensure that they fulfill the following minimum entry criteria before applying:

South African citizen
Receive a SASSA grant
Total household income is R350 000 or less per annum
Applying to study at a TVET College or public university
Already registered as a university student with a total household income of under R122 000 per annum
Passed grade 9 and grade 10 to receive funding to study at TVET College
Passed Matric to receive funding to study at University
Registering for your first time at a public university for an undergraduate qualification or registered at a public TVET College for a National Certificate Vocational/ report 191 programme

Do NOT apply if you meet the following criteria:

Foreign student (NOT a South African citizen)
Total household income is over R350 000 per annum
Completed a previous tertiary qualification
Already applied and received funding

COVERAGE VALUE

The DHET Bursary will provide cover for the following study-related expenses:

Registration fee
Tuition fee
Subsidized book allowances
Prescribed learning materials (up to a certain amount, as set by NSFAS)
Subsidized accommodation (up to a certain amount, as set by NSFAS)
Subsidized meal allowances

HOW TO APPLY NSFAS

There are 3 ways in which you can apply:

METHOD 1: On the NSFAS website (if you wish to apply online, follow the instructions below)
1) Create your myNSFAS account here: https://my.nsfas.org.za/mynsfas/selfservice.html
You will be required to provide the following information when registering an account: username, password, ID number, cellphone number, and email address
2) You can then login using your selected username and password
3) Complete the application form by clicking the “apply” button
4) When you have filled in all the required information (do not leave any fields blank), you can upload electronic copies of your supporting documents (as listed below). Once all your documents have been uploaded, click the “submit” button to receive your reference number

METHOD 2: At your closest NYDA Centre
1) Visit a NYDA center/ office closest to you
2) A NYDA center worker will explain the application process and provide you with an application form to complete
3) Complete the application form in CAPITAL letters with a black pen and sign it in the allocated spots
4) Hand in your application form and supporting documents (as listed below). Ensure that your supporting documents are certified on the front of the page and not be older than 3 months.
5) You will receive a receipt card with a bar code attached

METHOD 3: At a Financial Aid Office on campus/ computer lab

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FROM APPLICANTS

Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application be disregarded):

ID document/ ID card (certified copy and electronic copy)
Unabridged birth certificate (if you do not have an ID document or ID card) (certified copy and electronic copy)
Parents/ guardians ID documents (certified copy and electronic copy)
Parents/ guardians death certificate (if applicable) (certified copy and electronic copy)
Payslips/ employment letters/ pension advice (not older than 3 months) (do not submit SASSA slips. SASSA should be excluded from household income) (certified copy and electronic copy)
Contact details (cellphone number/ email address where NSFAS can communicate with you throughout the application process, as well as to provide feedback on the outcome of your application)
NSFAS Consent Form pdf– completed and signed by parents/ guardians
If disabled, complete and include the NSFAS Disability Annexure A (.pdf)
If orphaned, complete and include the NSFAS Declaration Form (.pdf) – to be signed by an Isibindi Child Youth Care Worker/ a social worker from the Department of Social Development and submitted to an Isibindi Centre/ NYDA office