The scheme has had more 170 000 appeals from students about allowance payments. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) was grilled in Parliament on Wednesday by the portfolio committee for higher education over its ongoing failures on the payment of student allowances. NSFAS was briefing the committee on its disbursement of allowances to students, the roll-out of its new direct-payment … Continue reading Parliament grills NSFAS over student funding failures