The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) offers a Nsfas bursary that covers more than just your tuition fees. They cover funding for registration, tuition, and allowances.
So will they fund failed courses? The answer is yes they will.
According to the NSFAS policy agreement, students must pass at least 50% of their modules as well as meet the academic requirements of their institution in order to continue receiving financial aid during the course of their study period.
When talking failing modules and the effect it has on Nsfas funding, it's important to consider the N+ rule. Currently, Nsfas uses the N+1 rule
which means that students only have N+1 years to finish a degree.
“N” is minimum number of years allocated to complete a qualification (i.e. record time). The “+1” refers to the extra year that a student may need to complete the qualification (making the maximum time).
NSFAS has clarified that the N+1 rule refers to all the years that a student has been registered for tertiary study at any public university in South Africa, and not based on whether the student was funded by NSFAS or not. This rule also applies regardless of an institution change.
For example: where a qualification is three years, NSFAS will allow you to be funded for a four-year period, with the extra year being the [+1].
