Deputy Minister Urges Nsfas To Fix Late Payments At Tvet Colleges

Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Mimmy Gondwe has called on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme NSFAS to get its act together. This is after students complained about late payments at TVET colleges.

The capturing of students information was also mentioned as a challenge at the colleges. These issues were highlighted during Gondwes visit to the Goldfields TVET college in Welkom.

The visit by the Deputy Minister forms part of the departments oversight and monitoring role to assess how it can assist institutions.

Dr Gondwe says part of the meeting follows recurring challenges that beset the post-school education and training sector.

What came across very sharply during the visit was the issues around NSFAS. NSFAS needs to get its act together to ensure that students allowances are paid on time and they are there are no delays. Because those delays pose serious impediments for learners to even concentrate. Students need money to eat and to buy hygiene products and the like and just to have a sense of well-being and dignity.