With effect from today, all returning students and those categorized as non-Sassa applicants of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme will now know the outcome of their funding applications. This comes after the scheme's recent update on funding allocations for the current academic year last week

Funding applications for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme are currently open, and to date, a large number of applications have processed. 
 

Pursuing your tertiary studies at the University of South Africa means that your are likely to do it while pursuing your professional career, since it is a distant learning institution. However it is just as important to apply for funding assistance in the form of bursary from the higher education department.   
 

This past year, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme introduced changes to how benefiting students would receive payments for their accommodation. However, these amendments have not been well received by stakeholders in the sector due to their anticipated disruptions.
 

Proposed policy changes by the National Student Financial Scheme have raised concerns among stakeholders in the tertiary education sector. The bursary scheme has come under scrutiny over its readiness to implement the amendments with the stakeholders questioning its timing. 
 

Access to a bursary is crucial in ensuring that you manage to complete your tertiary studies. So if the University of Free State is your chosen institution, these are some of the bursaries you may consider applying for.

Being a South African citizen is often the first requirement to qualify for a bursary to study in South Africa. But what if you are a foreign national with the same aspirations? Would you be eligible for a bursary? 

It appears that scammers hiding behind the Nsfas brand have struck gold and stole thousands of rands from an unsuspecting student's funding account. This is how they managed to pull it off.  

Bursary programmes play a crucial role in ensuring that tertiary students manage to complete their studies without the hassle of affordability issues. So if you are looking to study at the University of Mpumalanga, this is where you can find the bursaries that they provide. 

As an aspirating tertiary student, receiving news that you have been granted a bursary can be life-changing, as it would guarantee funding assistance for your studies.

Are planning to study at the Sefako Makgatho University? The following list of bursary options may be worth having a look at.

As a funded student and holder of the new Nsfas Mastercard, you can also make cardless withdrawals. Here's all you need to know about how the process works. 

Certainty regarding Nsfas funding for some undergraduate qualifications has been a subject of debate among new and existing applicants. While guiding applicants through the new application process, the bursary scheme has addressed the issue in more detail. 

If you still owe funds to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme before it became a bursary and are employed, the bursary scheme wants you to contact them as soon as you can. 

The frustration of having your NSFAS application put on hold or slowed down by responses such as "qualification error" can be a lot to deal with. This is what NSFAS advises you to do about it.

Are you a prospective tertiary student looking to study at the University of South Africa but are unable to afford your tuition fees? You may be pleased to know that the long-distance university does offer some bursary opportunities.

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology is an ideal institution to pursue your tertiary studies in various career fields. They also periodically avail a wide variety of bursary opportunities for those who qualify but are unable to fund their studies.   
 

If you are an existing or prospective student looking to study at the University of Cape Town, keeping up with availability of bursary opportunities is a good idea. Fortunately, the university regularly avails existing bursaries.

The responsibility of providing bursaries to prospective tertiary students does not solely fall on the private sector organisations and the national government. Provincial governments also provide bursary opportunities to financially disadvantaged tertiary students who reside within the province.

Bursaries are awarded often with the aim of providing some form of relief to those fortunate enough to be selected. In addition to this, there are a number of other issues this type of student funding serves to address.