NSFAS: Bursary Application 2021

StudentRoomAugust 5, 2020

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National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is offering Bursaries Programme for 2021 academic year.

Bursary application opening date is 3 August 2020

Bursary application closing date is 30 November 2020

Nationality: South African citizens

You can apply if:

You are a South African citizen with a household income of R350k or less, you are registered at this Institution and have not been approved for NSFAS funding in 2018
You are a South African citizen with a household income of R350k or less, you are registered at this Institution but have not applied for NSFAS funding before
You are a South African citizen with a household income of R350k or less and you plan to study at a public university or TVET College in 2019 and require funding

Make sure that you have certified and valid copies of the following documents before attempting to apply for funding:

Your South African identity document/card (or an unabridged birth certificate (if you are younger than 16 years old)
ID of parents and/or guardian (or death certificate where applicable)
Pay advice/letter of employment/pension advice stating income (SASSA slips are not required and SASSA should not be included as household income)
A completed and signed consent form, which you may download here and must be filled in with your parent/guardian’s signatures. Applications without a consent form signed by all people whose incomes have been declared in the application will not be accepted and will be considered incomplete.
If you have a disability, please download the Disability Annexure Afrom www.nsfas.org.za fill it in and submit it with your application

NB: The stamp on all certified documents should not be older than three months

You may Call the NSFAS Contact Centre on 08 000 67327