The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is encouraging rejected applicants to urgently lodge an appeal with the Independent Appeals Tribunal so that the issues behind the rejection can be investigated and finalized.
The tribunal will make sure that NSFAS responds to appeals in a way that is consistent with the principles of fairness, equal opportunity and natural justice.
The chair of the tribunal is Advocate Tommy Ntsewa who is joined by other members who represent the cross-section of stakeholders including SAPCO, SAUS, SATVETSA, and DHET.
Appeals can be done online via the myNSFAS Portal. Those applicants who have had their funding applications rejected will have an appeal option appear on their myNSFAS accounts which they can click on.
Applicants are also required to download and complete a relevant propensity letter to motivate their reasons for their NSFAS appeal.
Here are the relevant propensity letters:
- Failure to meet academic eligibility (PDF)
- Appealing N+1 (PDF)
- N+2 students with disability (PDF)
- Registered for 50% or less (final year course credits) to complete (PDF)
Once an appeal has been lodged with Nsfas, the bursary scheme will take around 30 days to respond to the appeal.
These students with rejected NSFAS applications will be required to upload the necessary information and required documents in order to submit an appeal.
Students are advised to visit the NSFAS website to view the supporting documents needed for appeals.
An appeal must be submitted within 30 days of the appeared unsuccessful application outcome. Appeals submitted via email will not be accepted.
Students who are successful in their appeal applications will receive funding from NSFAS, which will include several allowances to cover additional costs related to their studies as well as fully paid tuition and accommodation fees.
