Dr. Mimmy Gondwe, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, urges NSFAS to address student payment delays and information management challenges at TVET colleges during a visit to Goldfields TVET College. Gondwe highlights concerns about NSFAS's performance, including late allowance payments and lack of communication with students and colleges.
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Mimmy Gondwe has called on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to get its act together. This is after students complained about late payments at TVET colleges.
The visit by the Deputy Minister forms part of the department’s oversight and monitoring role to assess how it can assist institutions. “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.”“Another issue that came across was the issue of pending results.
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