Documents Needed To Apply For NSFAS
Documents Needed To Apply For NSFAS
About NSFAS
The National Student Financial Assistance Program was established in 1996 and replaced the Higher Education Fund of South Africa (TEFSA) in 1999. The TEFSA program is a non-profit company that has managed and managed NSFAS since its inception. In 1999, TEFSA was transformed into a legal body called NSFAS. The plan is supported by more than R30 billion (2018) from the Ministry of Higher Education and Training, as well as local and international donations.
Scholarships include tuition, room, board, and travel allowances for “full-time” students, while “part-time” students only pay tuition.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants must ensure that they meet the following minimum admission criteria before applying:
- South African citizens
- Receive SASSA grants
- Family income is R350,000 or less per year
- Apply to study in colleges of TVET or public universities
- They are registered as university students, the total annual family income is less than R122,000
- Obtaining funds to study in a TVET academy up to the ninth and tenth grade
- Obtaining funds to study at a university through Matric
- Register for a Bachelor’s degree in a public place for the first time or register for a nationally certified occupation at a public TVET university / Report 191 Plan
If you meet the following conditions, do not apply:
- Foreign students ( non-South African citizens)
- Total family income exceeds R35 0 000 per year
- Complete previous higher education degrees
- Already applied for and received funding
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION NEEDED FOR APPLYING
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 Center/ NYDA office
CONTACT THE BURSARY PROVIDER
For any queries related to this bursary programme, please contact NSFAS directly:
Tel: 0860 067 327
Email: info@nsfas.org.za
For more info visit Nsfas Website
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