The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) provides financial aid to undergraduate students to help pay for the cost of their tertiary education after completing high school.
Motion: The NSFAS should exclusively fund scarce skills as opposed to the current system.
Sources:
- THE DHET Bursary Scheme, https://www.nsfas.org.za/content/bursary-scheme.html accessed 25 April 2023
- Conference on Financing Higher Education in Africa is underway in Cape Town, https://youtu.be/yrL9GVBGtJ4, accessed 25 April 2023
- NSFAS funding disbursement; 2023 Public Sector Education and Training (PSET) Sector Academic Year; Sectoral Response to Loadshedding, with Ministry, https://pmg.org.za/committee-meeting/36375/, accessed 25 April 2025
- NSFAS funding model in need of an urgent overhaul, https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/opinion/nsfas-funding-model-in-need-of-an-urgent-overhaul-72682e2a-9560-49ca-acaf-fe8f9378679a, accessed 25 April 2023