{"id":1083,"date":"2024-07-29T17:31:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/?page_id=1083"},"modified":"2026-09-17T06:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:40:29","slug":"how-does-nsfas-assist-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/how-does-nsfas-assist-students\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does NSFAS Assist Students?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NSFAS assists students in public universities and TVET colleges in two main ways: a bursary for students from households earning up to R350,000 a year, and a student loan for households earning between R350,001 and R600,000. It also has extra support for students with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The two NSFAS products<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><\/th><th>NSFAS bursary<\/th><th>NSFAS student loan<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Household income<\/td><td>Up to R350,000 (R600,000 with a disability)<\/td><td>R350,001 to R600,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Repayable?<\/td><td>No<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Covers<\/td><td>Tuition and allowances<\/td><td>Tuition, learning material and accommodation or transport; not living or personal allowances<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the bursary pays for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tuition, paid directly to your institution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At TVET colleges: personal care plus accommodation or transport.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At universities: allowances including a learning material allowance that can cover a device.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For students with disabilities: learning materials and assistive devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How NSFAS supports you during your studies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Continuing students do not reapply each year while they stay eligible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Appeals are possible within 30 working days on grounds such as illness or changed household income.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qualifying students do not pay the initial registration fee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NSFAS funding depends on your academic progress: continuing TVET students must pass 70% of enrolled modules, university students 50%.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsfas.org.za\/content\/downloads\/Annexure%20A_NSFAS%202026%20Bursary%20Guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NSFAS&#8217;s 2026 eligibility criteria<\/a>. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/why-am-i-not-funded-by-nsfas\/\">why applications are unsuccessful<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1790200001083\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Is NSFAS a loan or a bursary?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>For households earning up to R350,000 it is a bursary, which is not repaid. A separate NSFAS student loan exists for households earning R350,001 to R600,000.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1790200001084\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Does NSFAS help students with disabilities?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Yes. It applies a higher income limit, allows extra study time and can fund assistive devices.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSFAS assists students in public universities and TVET colleges in two main ways: a bursary for students from households earning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_ba_keyfacts":"","_ba_provider_contact":"","_ba_provider_name":"","_ba_provider_type":"","_ba_provider_cat":"","_ba_writer":"thabo-mokoena","_ba_reviewer":"naledi-khumalo","iawp_total_views":16,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1083","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1589,"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1083\/revisions\/1589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}