DHET fails to answer why poor students have not been paid their NSFAS allowances
24 April 2018
The DA will write to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, Cornelia September, requesting an urgent meeting with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on why thousands of students have reportedly not received allowances in months.
NSFAS and the Minister of Higher Education, Naledi Pandor, needed to answer three key questions at their press conference today:
How many students have not received their allowances;
Why has this happened; and