All students affected by the NBA NSFAS must sign the new scholarship contract by July 31, 2018. The NBA can be signed online or manually. If you have changed your mobile number, email the following support documents to uds@nsfas.org.za to update your data: If your mobile phone number has changed, you must send a certified copy of your green barcode or smart card ID and an affidavit via email indicating that you have changed your number and new number in uds@nsfas.org.za. Once you have signed, you will see a notification that the terms and conditions of the agreement have been forwarded, indicating that you have successfully signed. Click here to see if your contract form is ready to be signed If you are a first-year student qualified for a National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) scholarship, you must ensure that you have signed your scholarship contract until July 31, 2018. ALL STUDENTS NSFAS FIRST ENTERING STUDENTS AND SENIOR STUDENTS THAT APPLIED TO NSFAS FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR 2018 You must enter your identification number to obtain a pin one time (OTP). This is reflected in the announcement by NSFAS, which recently announced that it was implementing its new National Student Financial Aid Bursary Agreement (NBA) following the government`s free education announcement. The OTP is sent by SMS to the mobile phone number registered at NSFAS. Learn how to download support materials on SARS E-Filing. The NSFAS has been transformed into a government lender through a loan and a grant. The NBA only applies to first-year and senior students who applied for the first time at NSFAS this year (2018). „We encourage all institutions to help us get students to sign the NBA until the prescribed date,“ NSFAS said in a statement. If the online signature option doesn`t work optimally, the NSFAS provides a manual NBA for on-site physical signature.
This is encouraged by the NSFAS service team in the program offices. IF students do not meet these obligations, NSFAS can end the NBA. Your parent or guardian should sign for you if you are under the age of 18 „NSFAS is concerned that the process is slowly evolving. As of May 15, we had produced 37,893 NBAs, but only 5,063 were signed,“ he said in a statement. Concerned students who do not sign the NBA until July 31, 2018 will not charge their scholarships. The email notification contains a link that students must click on and leads them to an online version of the NBA that they must sign before the deadline. Each student receives the email directly. Students funded for the first time by the NSFAS must sign the nSFAS Bursary Agreement form.
That`s how it works. If this will be the first time you are funded by NSFAS as a student, you will need to sign an NSFAS-Bursary agreement. In early May, NSFAS sent an e-mail notification to students at the universities of Cape Town, Sol Plaatjie, Mfolozi, Port Elizabeth and Motheo. PLEASE NOTE: NOT ALL STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED NSFAS IN 2017 NEED THE NBA ONLINE SIGN. Notifications will be sent later this year to all other universities and higher education institutions. This option should only be used as a last resort, as manual forms delay approval and payment. The NBA also has new conditions that students must meet. The email will include a link to the online portal, click on the link.