UFS promises to support poor students, but says govt must help
21 September 2016
Bloemfontein - The University of the Free State (UFS) has vowed to do everything in its power to support poor and deserving students, it said on Wednesday.
The university welcomed the announcement that students who qualified for NSFAS funding, and the so-called "missing middle", would be subsidised by government, said spokesperson Lacea Loader.
Loader said, although the institution had not made a decision on a fee increase for 2017, it supported a policy of free education for the poor and expected the government to enable it to do so.
"The university's fee structure and its fee policies are demonstrably pro-poor, and university management will do everything within its power to support those students who fall under the NSFAS criteria and the so-called 'missing middle'."