The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has opened its Semester 2 applications for students studying at Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Colleges. Students have until 22 July 2022 to apply.
Semester 2 NSFAS applications are part of the application cycle which only applies to students who attend TVET Colleges in South Africa. Students are encouraged to apply via TVET College bursary offices, online via the NSFAS website, or NSFAS head office.
The walk-in online application platform and assistive capture application platform are also available to students. When using the walk-in online application platform students make use of the college computer lab to submit their applications, whereas college officials apply on behalf of the student through the assistive capture application platform.
Applicants are required to submit the following documents:
- Copy of South African birth certificate/copy of ID document/Temporary ID of the student
- Copy of South African birth certificate/copy of ID document/Temporary ID of parent(s)/guardian/spouse
- Proof of income (where applicable) – student/parent(s)/guardian or spouse (not older than 3 months.
- SASSA recipients do not need to present proof of income.
- A student recognised as a vulnerable child (e.g. Orphan) must submit a completed Vulnerable Child Declaration Form completed by the Social worker
- Students with disabilities must complete and submit the Disability Annexure A form.
Once applications have been submitted, students may track their applications via the NSFAS website.
Students who have applied for NSFAS during the walk-in application period will not be required to fill out the NSFAS system access form. They will only need to send an email to servicedesk@nsfas.org.za for their account to be re-activated.
