Departments work together to abolish tests for students on social grants
Matriculants accepted into institutions of higher learning who are recipients of social grants will not be subjected to a means test in order to qualify for financial aid from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini announced on Monday. The minister’s announcement confirms what NSFAS project manager Xolani Gobela said at a social development youth camp in Kimberley last week. This would ensure that learners from poor and vulnerable families had access to funding so that they could further their studies without social grant income being an obstacle, Dlamini said. "This collaboration (between the departments of social development and basic education with the NSFAS) is aligned to the protocol agreement on linking social protection administrative data systems for poor and vulnerable learners," the minister said. "The aim is to track, locate and improve the wellbeing of poor and vulnerable learners with a host of social protection ...
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