National Student Financial Aid Scheme

**National Student Financial Aid Scheme** (**NSFAS**) ŋɔ nyɛla South African government student financial aid scheme din sɔŋdi shikuru bihi liɣiri ka bɛ yori bɛ tertiary education di yi niŋ ka bɛ naai high school. Ban tiri liɣiri ŋɔ nyɛ Department of Higher Education and Training. Bɛ lahi nyɛla ban sɔŋdi Funza Lushaka Teacher Bursary (shikuru bihi shɛba ban bɔhindi wuhibu yaɣili), DHET Disability Bursary n-ti pahi "bursaries" kam din be Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs).

## Taarihi

National Student Financial Aid Scheme ŋɔ nyɛla din daa piligi yuuni 1996 din daa niŋ ka di deei Tertiary Education Fund of South Africa (TEFSA) yuuni 1999.  TEFSA program ŋɔ daa nyɛla non-profit company din daa sɔŋdi NSFAS tum di piligu hali ni yuuni 2000. Yuuni 1999, bɛ daa taɣi TEFSA yuli boli li NSFAS. Di nyɛla din sɔŋ niriba ban kalinli gari R30 billion () Di liɣiri yobu zaŋ n-ti Department of Higher Education and Training shikuru bihi, South Africa mini sambani zaa nyɛla din daa gbaari wuhibu laɣa yora, biɛhigu shee laɣa yora, bindirigu liɣiri n-ti pahi soli chandi laɣa nyori n-tiri  "full time" shikuru bihi ka tiri "part time" shikuru bihi wuhibu laɣa yora koŋko .

Yuuni 2019, , NSFAS nyɛla din daa nya 365,922 soli bɔbu ni liɣiri sɔŋsim yuuni 2020 ka di maɣisi ninvuɣ shɛba ban daa m-bo liɣiri sɔŋsim kalinli 278,738 yuuni shɛli din gari maa.

Yuuni 2019, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Dr Blade Nzimande daa yɛliya ni gomnanti nyɛla ŋun yihi liɣiri din paai R80 billion zaŋ n-ti NSFAS yuma ata din kan'na.

## Financial aid

### Qualifiers
South Africa bilichini ŋun na tuui m-bo sɔŋsim ŋɔ public South African higher education institution ni tooi nya sɔŋsim ŋɔ. Di yɛltɔɣa shɛli din lahi be ni nyɛla ŋun bori sɔŋsim ŋɔ yi laɣim o household income (gross) bi to ni di gari R350,000 yuuni puuni. "Bursary" lahi nyɛla din gbaari post-graduate shikuru bihi bela.

Ninvuɣ shɛba ban bɛ tooi paasi NSFAS zahimbu, ni tooi m-bor bursaries and scholarships di yi niŋ ka bɛ bori liɣiri ni bɛ yo bɛ tertiary studies.

### Loan repayment (pre-2018)

Poi ka tiŋgbani zuɣulan kuro Jacob Zuma yɛli "free higher education" sɔŋsim yɛltɔɣa zaŋ n-ti shikuru bihi shɛba fakari ni mali yuuni  2017, NSFAS bursaries daa mali samli din to ni bɛ yo. Samli ŋɔ yobu nyɛla din daa piligi di yi ti niŋ ka shikuru bila ŋɔ nya tuma ka deeri R80,000 bee ka di gari lala liɣiri ŋɔ yuuni puuni. Di yi niŋ ka shikuru bila ŋɔ naai ka na bi nya tuma o yori samli ŋɔ hali ka o ti piligi tuma. Di yi niŋ ka shikuru bila bi tooi naai university bee college ka di nyɛla o bi tooi paasi la o zahimbu, samli ŋɔ nyɛla binshɛli din to ni o yo. , sama kam bɛ ni di NSFAS sani pɔi ni yuuni 2018 nyɛla binshɛli din kpa talahi ni bɛ yo.

### Free subsidised higher education (post-2018)
Silimiin goli December biɛɣ'pinaayobu dali yuuni 2017, tiŋgbani zuɣulan kuro Jacob Zuma daa yina n-ti yɛli ni tiŋgbani maa yɛn mali la "fully subsidised free higher education and training zaŋ n-ti fakari ni mali South African shikuru bihi shɛba" ka di nyɛla gomnanti yɛn deei li yuma anu.

Silimiin goli March yuuni 2021, NSFAS daa yina n-ti yɛli ni bɛ liɣiri bi galisi din yɛn sɔŋ du'yini shikuru bihi. Lala goli maa ni, NSFAS's executive board daa nya galimi pam.

## Application process

Niri ni tooi m-bo NSFAS bursary pɔhim zuɣu mini niri ni niri. Di soli ŋɔ bobu nyɛla din piligiri silimiin goli September ka naari silimiin goli November. Pɔhim zuɣu soli ŋɔ bobu ŋɔ nyɛla din ni tooi niŋ NSFAS website. Sɔŋsim ŋɔ soli nyɛla din ni tooi lahi m-bo Financial Aid Office (FAO) bee Student Service Centre shikuru shɛli shikuru bila ŋɔ ni bori maa n-ti pahi National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) offices.

## Kundivihira

## External links
*Bursaries and Scholarships - funding for tertiary studies
*The Official NSFAS Site
*Department of Education (SA)  - Funding Your Studies