What about the terms and conditions that apply during the process of applying and once the application or loan has been approved, i.e average pass, family working history: who earns how much, and also the subject or units to be studied. While the after would be the incurred interest not to mention the daily reminders if a certain % or grade is not met...its the fine print and its aftermath!
A free education is ideal infact it is the best solution proposed thus far, but a lot of work needs to go into ensuring that the quality of our education really produces self sustaining livihoods, and not machines to work and oil the production of the Capitalist workforce but to be equipped to ask questions, to challenge the Status Quo and to creatively lead. It is one student at a time supported by meaningful content. Aluta continua for free 3du(aT1on. Peace in the Middle East! --- On Fri, 7/8/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Demand a free education To: [email protected] Date: Friday, July 8, 2011, 1:57 PM I don't think its an issue of students not applying ; its if institutions are raising awareness about the fund and allowing students to apply Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Mike Masekwana <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 13:47:39 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Demand a free education I read this article and I don't many graduates knew about this policy intiative. We need to dissiminate this below information in all our areas. R200m in student aid unclaimed Not a single graduate has applied for funds from the R200 million government scheme set up to help them settle outstanding university fees. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), which is tasked with administering the R200m which is supposed to enable 25,000 students to receive their certificates, said it had not yet received any applications for funding The New Age newspaper reported. "The process is for students to apply at the university where the debt is located. They would need to follow the usual process for a NSFAS loan by going through the financial means test in order to assess their level of need," said spokeswoman Bonny Feldman. Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande announced the R200m grant during his budget speech in May. He said all students who met the requirements for graduation between 2000 and 2010, and who are eligible for NSFAS loans, could apply for the special funding through their student financial aid offices. The SA Student Union said on Wednesday that while it had tried to inform students about the scheme, it was the NSFAS that was supposed to get in touch with students who were sitting at home. Union president Sandile Phakathi said he hoped that students would come forward to apply when universities opened, as they were now closed for the winter break. -- Michael Mandilakhe Masekwana Eastern Cape Provincial Treasury Manager:Budget Planning Tel: 040 609 5007 Cell:0835794136 Fax:0406391877 -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
