DHET allocated an additional R967M to NSFAS to settle the historic debts owed to universities.The allocation is specifically for those who had been funded on the previous funding scheme of NSFAS prior to the improved funding support that began in 2018.
Spokesperson for the Department of Higher Education Lunga Ngqengelele said: “The information was sourced from the institutions in terms of the numbers of students that have historic debt and are continued students from 2018. So, based on the numbers that we received from the institutions, NSFAS will be able to provide or make that money available to the institutions for the purposes of clearing.”
