1. High-level Overview: Organisational Update
BRIEFING TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
28 FEBRUARY 2018

2. Reflecting on key changes and updates since November 2017
ACHIEVEMENTS AND SUCCESSES
KEY EVENTS OR MILESTONES REACHED
1. Planning for Programme 2018
Successfully closed off the 2018 applications cycle on 30 November for universities and on 2 February 2018 for all TVET colleges
Over 417K applications have been received –
Framework to be used for planning of milestones and activities going forward for Programme 2018 have been agreed
2. Increasing the NSFAS headcount to improve service delivery
Appointment of a team of 20 administrators in Loans and Bursaries responsible for liaising and provides support to a cluster of institutions – these administrators are currently undergoing training
Appointed additional Contact Centre staff to manage increase in call volumes and queries
Increase in capacity – build a case for Board approval to take headcount from 390 to 554
3. Building leadership capacity
Appointed additional capacity within the senior management team at GM and SM level, across various business units
Additional posts have been advertised and are in various recruitment stages
4. Strategic projects
Pioneers project – identified 15 of the 26 pioneers to be included in the narrative of NSFAS impact over 26 years
APP has been revised with new KPIs consistent with the principles of the student centred model – approved by the Board
5. R14m disbursement
R14m internal review by NSFAS internal audit partner and integrated forensic investigation via DHET appointed supplier and an ongoing case opened by IntelliMali against Ms. Mani
1. Presidential Announcement – Fee Free Higher Education – 16 December 2017
Initial planning scenarios prepared in December for discussion with USAF
Closed session with members of the NSFAS Board EXCO, followed up by full Board meeting on 24 January 2018
Finalised set of FAQ in consultation with the DHET – for release 10 January 2018
Additional budget confirmed by National Treasury and announced in Budget speech
New bursary agreement has been crafted consistent with the DHET FAQs
Allowance standardisation to be effected in March 2018
2. Confirmation of Funding Decisions
Funding decisions have been communicated to 120k students to date, of which 53K are from TVET colleges and the remainder from Universities.
A further 183k have been assessed as financially eligible but NSFAS requires confirmation of their admission to an institution prior to funding is firmed up.
3. Disbursement Programme
Onboarding of two new banks to assist with disbursements is progressively fairly well
Made payments to students (FTEN and returning) at sBux institutions in February 2018
Made upfront payments to non-sBux institutions in January 2018 (for both TVETs and Universities)
4. Bargaining council industrial action
NEHAWU members embarked on protest action on 20 February 2018, citing concerns in respect to the bargaining process (in relation to remuneration and the collective agreement).
Continued for four days, with resolution reached on 23 February 2018, all returning to work on 26 February 2018
Minimal impact on core operations but an “experience” impact on client facing (Contact Centre)
High-level Overview of NSFAS 2

3. NSFAS TOP MANAGEMENT
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Steven Zwane
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Lerato Nage
Human Resources Executive
Ms. Vuyokazi Dwane
Chief Information Officer
Mr. Ashveer Rajcoomar
Chief Risk Officer
Ms. Pavashini Naidoo
Acting Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Victor Rambau
NSFAS Senior Managers (building leadership bench strength)
Prenika Reddy (04 September) Senior Manager: Recoveries
Gilbert Muvavirwa (1 Dec 2017) GM: ICT Strategy
Che Muller (09 October) Senior Manager: Loan Book
Nthuseng Mphahlele (12 Feb 2018) GM: Business Operations
Aslam Parker (01 October) Senior Manager: Information Security (Internal movement)
Thandiwe Vilakazi (1 Jan 2018) SM: Business Efficiency Operations
Simphiwe Nxumalo (1 Dec 2017) SM: Planning and Reporting
Itayi Daringo (1 Feb 2018) SM: Treasury and Budgets Finance
Lebogang Moloto (1 Dec 2017) GM: Business Enablement 3
High-level Overview of NSFAS

4. Integrated Performance Management
CUSTOMER (students impacted, graduating, with access) Make the lives of Colleagues’ much easier
CONDUCT (clean audit, adherence to policies, manageable fraud levels) Protect our reasons for being by deliver on our road to green commitments
COMMUNITY (poor communities reached, career guidance given and funding literacy) Build a generation of pioneers by providing access to higher education to those who might otherwise not
COMPANY (business performance, efficiencies and effectiveness) Build a FIT for purpose organisation that makes the lives of students and colleagues much easier
COLLEAGUES (diversity, talent management, Retention) Win the hearts of our colleagues by making their lives easier and creating a work friendly environment

5. PCHET - 2017 CLOSE-OFF REPORT
28 FEBRUARY 2018

6. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
HOW NSFAS RESPONDED
NSFAS embarked on outreach program though-out the year to assist colleges on the ground
NSFAS technical team engaged directly with TVET service providers( Adapt IT and Coltec) to resolve integration issues
Formed a task team based in Ekurhuleni West College in Germiston to assist colleges with outstanding registration information
NSFAS revised the process of signing of Schedule of Particulars(SOP) to facilitate quick turn around for payments

7. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2017 Close off
A total of R12bn worth of LAFSOP have been generated for Universities with R11.1 bn of these signed by Students. For TVETs colleges a total of R 1.8 bn has been generated with R 1.6bn worth of SOP accepted .
To date NSFAS has paid a total of R11.3 bn to universities against R11.1 bn of LAFSOP signed and R1,7bn for TVETs against R1.6bn for the 2017 academic year
Capacity and consolidation Programme for TVET for Smooth Application Process
The R350 K threshold provided more students with the opportunity to further their education, however when the change happened, it was after the 2018 application closing date.
To respond to our customer's needs, NSFAS extended an assistive capturing service to all TVET colleges across the country with 15 Contact centre agents assigned on the ground with the support of at least 74 interns

8. SUMMARY: 2017 KEY CHALLENGES
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SUMMARY: 2017 KEY CHALLENGES
Late submission of registration information by few Universities.. CUT been the most challenging
Students Signing LAFSOP late in the process
Funding decisions for additional Q1 to Q 3 and SASSA students finalised late in the year. Having a direct impact on LAFSOP signing
Registration information which does not include course codes / has incorrect course codes – registration upload process would therefore not be completed
Duplicates – registration information being uploaded for the same students, for the same process cycle.
Students changing contact details
NSFAS, in some instances not generating LAFSOP quick enough for registration uploaded – exceptions not being cleared quick enough in order for LAFSOP to generate.
Submission of data to NSFAS by Universities through multiple channels

9. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
HOW NSFAS RESPONDED
NSFAS embarked on outreach program though-out the year to assist Universities
NSFAS technical team engaged directly with Universities service providers( Adapt IT and Coltec) to resolve integration issues
Formed a task team through working with USAF and DHET university Branch as the central command centre for communication with all universities
NSFAS revised the process of signing of Schedule of Particulars(SOP) to facilitate quick turn around for payments

10. 2017 PAYMENTS
2017 Close off
A total of R12bn worth of LAFSOP have been generated for Universities with R11.1 bn of these signed by Students. For TVETs colleges a total of R 1.8 bn has been generated with R 1.6bn worth of SOP accepted .
To date NSFAS has paid a total of R11.3 bn to universities against R11.1 bn of LAFSOP signed and R1,7bn for TVETs against R1.6bn for the 2017 academic year
Payments can only be made for students who have been accounted for in the form of registration and where a LAFSOP has been signed.
DHET TVET allocation does not necessary translate into number of students at the college

11. 2017 PAYMENTS
2017 Payments made to colleges against SOPs generated (expressed as a % of SOPs generated) is standing at 92%.
2017 Payments made to colleges against total allocation (expressed as a % of total allocation ) is standing at 71%.
However, the POR received are mostly identified by student numbers, and NSFAS cannot identify students without an ID number, resulting in delays on the signing of these SOPs. – Affected colleges have been notified.
NSFAS longer paying based on SOPs generated, but rather only paying once SOPs are signed and signing depends on proof of registrations.
The task team is working tirelessly with Colleges to close the gap between generated and accepted, by requesting Colleges to provide ID numbers next to the student numbers already captured from the submitted PORs.
Central Johannesburg College – with the intervention strategy implemented by NSFAS operations in January 2018, SOPS generated have increased to R35.4million due to registrations uploaded, therefore increasing percentage utilisation against SOP’s generated from 17% to 62%. - Holding up payment of the full R35.4million are the proof of registrations not yet received from the college. – Current unsigned SOPs have further reduced to the value of R (table on previous slide to be updated with new LAFSOP report).
Tshwane North College – with the intervention strategy implemented by NSFAS operations in December, SOPS generated have increased to R61.8 million due to registrations uploaded, therefore increasing percentage utilisation against SOP’s generated from 23% to 77%.
Ehlanzeni College - appears to have utilization reflecting at 312% but this is due to college not adhering to 70/30 TVET rules and had outrageously pushed up allowances in order to increase claim amount – This has been brought to the attention of the DHET via weekly DEHT TVET Branch Meeting. – We are also busy with the process of cancelling the allowances which were loaded by the college in November 2017 (inflated amounts) and only paying the tuition amounts for these students.

12. PAYMENTS MADE TO COLLEGE PAYMENTS MADE TO COLLEGE
PAYMENTS MADE TO TVETS (27 FEBRUARY 2018)
TVET College
Original allocation
SOP'S ACCEPTED
SOP'S NOT ACCEPTED
TOTAL SOP'S GENERATED
PAYMENTS MADE TO COLLEGE
Boland TVET College
37,886,000
23,561,523
241,992
23,803,515
25,414,721
Buffalo City TVET College
35,041,000
29,687,556
649,635
30,337,191
29,677,700
Capricorn TVET College
79,211,000
61,238,311
1,609,115
62,847,426
64,324,663
Central Johannesburg TVET College
56,809,000
26,110,469
9,304,240
35,414,709
26,098,746
Coastal TVET College
85,901,000
61,094,481
137,089
61,231,570
62,899,084
College of Cape Town TVET College
50,324,000
26,649,400
180,128
26,829,528
29,113,745
East Cape Midlands TVET College
39,303,000
29,279,349
1,122,846
30,402,195
30,919,598
Ehlanzeni TVET College
41,150,000
45,048,840
83,750,912
128,799,752
36,880,463
Ekurhuleni East TVET College
57,383,000
38,510,517
953,573
39,464,090
38,998,247
Ekurhuleni West College TVET College
80,076,000
72,519,337
20,950,930
93,470,267
Elangeni TVET College
62,893,000
40,531,807 -
40,526,758
Esayidi TVET College
59,735,000
34,741,658
6,169,293
40,910,951
34,651,090
False Bay TVET College
34,619,000
22,768,463
462,371
23,230,834
23,253,491
Flavius Mareka TVET College
22,341,000
12,557,718
611,599
13,169,317
13,151,959
Gert Sibande TVET College
55,566,000
40,693,149
1,751,304
42,444,453
41,792,744
Goldfields TVET College
26,821,000
9,812,198
2,142,286
11,954,484
11,173,202
Ikhala TVET College
24,597,000
15,999,594
577,338
16,576,932
17,191,618
Ingwe TVET College
38,844,000
44,657,582
1,006,975
45,664,557
King Hintsa TVET College
22,870,000
19,175,046
75,010
19,250,056
20,238,825
King Sabata Dalindyebo TVET College
40,238,000
32,038,809
6,959,415
38,998,224
31,997,168
Lephalale TVET College
16,016,000
7,853,856
1,931,883
9,785,739
9,242,323
Letaba TVET College
32,395,000
28,320,908
3,763,047
32,083,955
Lovedale FET College
21,511,000
18,412,808
1,081,843
19,494,651
18,410,447
2017 Payments made to colleges against SOPs generated (expressed as a % of SOPs generated) is standing at 92%.
ALLOCATION R VAULES
SOP R VALUES
TVET College
Total Allocation
SOP'S ACCEPTED
SOP'S NOT ACCEPTED
TOTAL SOP'S GENERATED
PAYMENTS MADE TO COLLEGE
Boland TVET College
37,886,000
23,561,523
241,992
23,803,515
25,414,721
Buffalo City TVET College
35,041,000
29,687,556
649,635
30,337,191
29,677,700
Capricorn TVET College
79,211,000
61,238,311
1,609,115
62,847,426
64,324,663
Central Johannesburg TVET College
56,809,000
26,110,469
9,304,240
35,414,709
26,098,746
Coastal TVET College
85,901,000
61,094,481
137,089
61,231,570
62,899,084
College of Cape Town TVET College
50,324,000
26,649,400
180,128
26,829,528
29,113,745
East Cape Midlands TVET College
39,303,000
29,279,349
1,122,846
30,402,195
30,919,598
Ehlanzeni TVET College
41,150,000
45,048,840
83,750,912
128,799,752
36,880,463
Ekurhuleni East TVET College
57,383,000
38,510,517
953,573
39,464,090
38,998,247
Ekurhuleni West College TVET College
80,076,000
72,519,337
20,950,930
93,470,267
Elangeni TVET College
62,893,000
40,531,807 -
40,526,758
Esayidi TVET College
59,735,000
34,741,658
6,169,293
40,910,951
34,651,090
False Bay TVET College
34,619,000
22,768,463
462,371
23,230,834
23,253,491
Flavius Mareka TVET College
22,341,000
12,557,718
611,599
13,169,317
13,151,959
Gert Sibande TVET College
55,566,000
40,693,149
1,751,304
42,444,453
41,792,744
Goldfields TVET College
26,821,000
9,812,198
2,142,286
11,954,484
11,173,202
Ikhala TVET College
24,597,000
15,999,594
577,338
16,576,932
17,191,618
Ingwe TVET College
38,844,000
44,657,582
1,006,975
45,664,557
King Hintsa TVET College
22,870,000
19,175,046
75,010
19,250,056
20,238,825
King Sabata Dalindyebo TVET College
40,238,000
32,038,809
6,959,415
38,998,224
31,997,168
Lephalale TVET College
16,016,000
7,853,856
1,931,883
9,785,739
9,242,323
Letaba TVET College
32,395,000
28,320,908
3,763,047
32,083,955
Lovedale FET College
21,511,000
18,412,808
1,081,843
19,494,651
18,410,447
Majuba TVET College
96,293,000
64,178,555
2,012,869
66,191,424
64,869,320
Maluti TVET College
43,511,000
37,865,716
1,734
37,867,450
37,635,573
Mnambithi TVET College
39,398,000
19,008,366
3,974,748
22,983,114
19,877,833
Mopani South East TVET College
40,305,000
29,715,280
175,470
29,890,750
Motheo TVET College
78,388,000
45,784,471
525,326
46,309,797
47,926,177
Mthashana TVET College
31,778,000
12,918,431
1,524,708
14,443,139
14,843,875
Nkangala TVET College
52,712,000
38,942,262
970,052
39,912,314
38,515,870
Northern Cape Rural TVET College
24,120,000
20,692,989
342,564
21,035,553
21,729,621
Northern Cape Urban TVET College
25,851,000
8,167,470
8,543,262
16,710,732
22,603,504
NorthLink TVET College
68,888,000
64,653,899
3,968,556
68,622,455
68,510,883
Orbit TVET College
78,177,000
36,494,793
6,936,745
43,431,538
45,781,671
Port Elizabeth TVET College
40,803,000
30,675,938
1,552,829
32,228,767
31,158,746
Sedibeng TVET College
56,611,000
42,476,702
3,251,867
45,728,569
49,653,325
Sekhukhune TVET College
31,457,000
20,442,802
537,219
20,980,021
21,670,221
South Cape TVET College
29,935,000
21,160,745
773,822
21,934,567
20,841,615
South West TVET College
89,312,000
49,983,651
7,885,082
57,868,733
55,957,273
Taletso TVET College
37,722,000
12,791,942
630,487
13,422,429
21,344,171
Thekwini TVET College
40,039,000
35,221,873
4,015,804
39,237,677
35,691,111
Tshwane North TVET College
80,718,000
47,659,983
14,157,841
61,817,824
47,464,382
Tshwane South TVET College
66,739,000
21,416,218
1,375,715
22,791,933
21,512,091
Umfolozi TVET College
67,621,000
56,780,357
518,381
57,298,738
56,941,766
Umgungundlovu TVET College
33,827,000
8,254,467
2,838,193
11,092,660
13,426,552
Vhembe TVET College
95,343,000
82,739,557
6,685,670
89,425,227
82,508,533
Vuselela TVET College
40,785,000
20,207,172
6,569,943
26,777,115
29,545,788
Waterberg TVET College
31,122,000
29,313,983
93,896
29,407,879
29,037,035
West Coast TVET College
41,777,000
26,642,998
27,924,535
Western TVET College
52,858,000
23,458,169
4,274,894
27,733,063
29,005,699
GRAND TOTAL
2,437,620,000
1,648,912,168
229,570,501
1,878,482,669
1,731,333,286

13. PAYMENTS MADE TO COLLEGE
PAYMENTS MADE TO TVETS (27 FEBRUARY 2018)
TVET College
Original allocation
SOP'S ACCEPTED
SOP'S NOT ACCEPTED
TOTAL SOP'S GENERATED
PAYMENTS MADE TO COLLEGE
Majuba TVET College
96,293,000
64,178,555
2,012,869
66,191,424
64,869,320
Maluti TVET College
43,511,000
37,865,716
1,734
37,867,450
37,635,573
Mnambithi TVET College
39,398,000
19,008,366
3,974,748
22,983,114
19,877,833
Mopani South East TVET College
40,305,000
29,715,280
175,470
29,890,750
Motheo TVET College
78,388,000
45,784,471
525,326
46,309,797
47,926,177
Mthashana TVET College
31,778,000
12,918,431
1,524,708
14,443,139
14,843,875
Nkangala TVET College
52,712,000
38,942,262
970,052
39,912,314
38,515,870
Northern Cape Rural TVET College
24,120,000
20,692,989
342,564
21,035,553
21,729,621
Northern Cape Urban TVET College
25,851,000
8,167,470
8,543,262
16,710,732
22,603,504
NorthLink TVET College
68,888,000
64,653,899
3,968,556
68,622,455
68,510,883
Orbit TVET College
78,177,000
36,494,793
6,936,745
43,431,538
45,781,671
Port Elizabeth TVET College
40,803,000
30,675,938
1,552,829
32,228,767
31,158,746
Sedibeng TVET College
56,611,000
42,476,702
3,251,867
45,728,569
49,653,325
Sekhukhune TVET College
31,457,000
20,442,802
537,219
20,980,021
21,670,221
South Cape TVET College
29,935,000
21,160,745
773,822
21,934,567
20,841,615
South West TVET College
89,312,000
49,983,651
7,885,082
57,868,733
55,957,273
Taletso TVET College
37,722,000
12,791,942
630,487
13,422,429
21,344,171
Thekwini TVET College
40,039,000
35,221,873
4,015,804
39,237,677
35,691,111
Tshwane North TVET College
80,718,000
47,659,983
14,157,841
61,817,824
47,464,382
Tshwane South TVET College
66,739,000
21,416,218
1,375,715
22,791,933
21,512,091
Umfolozi TVET College
67,621,000
56,780,357
518,381
57,298,738
56,941,766
Umgungundlovu TVET College
33,827,000
8,254,467
2,838,193
11,092,660
13,426,552
Vhembe TVET College
95,343,000
82,739,557
6,685,670
89,425,227
82,508,533
Vuselela TVET College
40,785,000
20,207,172
6,569,943
26,777,115
29,545,788
Waterberg TVET College
31,122,000
29,313,983
93,896
29,407,879
29,037,035
West Coast TVET College
41,777,000
26,642,998 -
27,924,535
Western TVET College
52,858,000
23,458,169
4,274,894
27,733,063
29,005,699
GRAND TOTAL
2,437,620,000
1,648,912,168
229,570,501
1,878,482,669
1,731,333,286
NSFAS no longer paying based on SOPs generated, but rather only paying once SOPs are signed and signing depends on proof of registrations.

14. FREE EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION
28 FEBRUARY 2018

15. DHET BURSARY FUNDING PROGRAMME FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
The guidelines for Universities and TVETs which informed our actions and processes
Universities
TVETs
Poor and working class students are defined as those from families earning less than R350K gross household income for university students;
Returning students will still be fully funded in line with contract rules with 2018 funding as bursary;
All students qualifying for funding will not be required to pay upfront fees, this will be paid as part of the first payment towards the tuition fee;
The new funding arrangement will be phased-in over a five year period for university students with full cost of study for FTEN and bursary for continuing students;
First time entry (FTEN) students refers to those who are entering public university for the first time in 2018;
All students who qualify for bursaries must sign a contract with NSFAS which will have binding obligations such as academic requirements and service requirements;
The criteria of financial and academic eligibility will still apply in the new funding arrangement;
Academic eligibility implies the student has met the academic progression requirements (n+2, 50% enrol) and is accepted at the public higher institution of learning;
Financial eligibility means the student is dependent on a gross household income of no more than R350K per annum;
Academic progression will still be determined by the N+2 and 50% enrolment.
Household income can be based on calculation on the basis of legal guardian/parents/spouse of applicant/applicant;
Funding includes actual cost of tuition, prescribed study materials, cost of accommodation, meals and basic requirements capped at specific amount;
Students may qualify for subsidised accommodation and living costs based on need determined by policies implemented at institution level;
Accommodation will be capped at defined institutional accommodation rates;
Student may qualify for a capped accommodation allowance/transport allowance;
Debt – Institutions will be requested to register all NSFAS continuing students who have university debt in A due diligence will be conducted to quantify the amount of debt owed by NSFAS students to university.
Subsidised accommodation and subsistence refers to provision of cost of accommodation, meals, basic living requirements capped at specific amounts according to policies defined by institutions.
Students who are admitted to TVET colleges and who meet the admission criteria in terms of performance and who are from family earning less than R350K per annum will not pay tuition fees from 2018 onwards;
Returning students wouldn’t need to apply to NSFAS, data to be exchanged between NSFAS and the Institutions;
DHET will cover tuition fee increment on behalf of TVET students from households earning greater than R350K and up to R600K a year during the 2018 academic year;
NSFAS will pay the tuition fees directly to the TVET colleges, strict progression rules must be applied and are the responsibility of the colleges;
Average accommodation and living cost including meals/transport may apply to TVET students from families with gross household income of up to R350K per annum;
TVET student must apply to NSFAS for bursaries to cover accommodation or transport directly or via Institutions;
NSFAS will verify qualifying students through the means test for allowances and accommodation/transport;
TVET students who qualify for bursaries to cover subsidised accommodation/transport will have to sign a contract (NSFAS Bursary Agreement) with NSFAS;
The contract to be signed by students who qualify for NSFAS managed bursaries for accommodation/transport will have binding obligations attached which will include academic requirements, consistent attendance and service requirements;
Accommodation and subsistence or transport implies cost of accommodation, meals and basic living requirements/transport capped at specific amount for TVET students who need it;
Bursary rules and guidelines will be applied for TVET colleges to determine eligibility for and provision of NSFAS managed bursary; and
DHET to communicate criteria for qualifying students and work with NSFAS identify students that qualify and facilitate applications.
NSFAS Students are exempt from upfront fees such as registration fees, these will be settled by NSFAS as part of first payment towards the fees. 15
Critical Issues Highlighted

16. DHET BURSARY FUNDING PROGRAMME FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Revised business due to Presidential Pronouncement
The Presidential announcement on full subsidised free higher education for deserving poor and working class university students starting in 2018 has resulted in the following changes of NSFAS Business rules mapped along the value chain:
Changes in rules
Original design
MONITOR, EVALUATE & REPORT
MAINTAIN
& SERVICE
SOLICIT
ONBOARD
SOLUTION
FULFIL
Channels:
Online
NYDA
Manual
Means Testing;
Race
Quantile
Dependency Ration
SASSA
Type of Products
Loans & Bursaries
Caps
DHET - 76K for Univ. & 46K TVETS
Funders - Funder specific allocations
Contracting:
LAF/SOPS
Allowances:
Variable per student
Payments:
SBux, Tuitions or third party; and NSFAS Finance
Channels:
FAO/ SSS/CC/Website
TVET training scheduled for January 2018;
Engagements include:
DHET
SAFETSA
SACPO
FAPSA
TVETCGC
NSFAS to submit quarterly reports to the Board and DHET;
NSFAS to issue remittance advices bi-weekly;
SOP report to be availed via the NSFAS NOW integration;
TVET colleges are required to submit attendance registers monthly to NSFAS in terms of the DHET rules;
Channels
Applications lists from institutions;
- Capture (re-validation & evaluation)
CACH integration;
Means Test (Simplified)
SASSA
350K family income validation via Credit Bureau
Continuing Students
Course average of 50%
N + 2
Engagement with institutions
Cat 2 - Applications information from institutions
Cat 3 – applications information via CACH
Type of Products
Bursaries (Universities)
TVET Full cost of study
Caps (No caps)
Full Cost of Study
Contracting
NSFAS bursary Agreement
Allowances:
Average per student informed by costs provided by institutions
Re-contracting

17. DHET BURSARY FUNDING PROGRAMME FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Principles for Free Higher Education and what these means to NSFAS and its mandate
NSFAS
DHET and MTT to continue to facilitate the NSFAS Act review by January 2018;
Alternative funding models will be investigated for the students that fall outside the income threshold to qualify for bursaries
Tuition fees to be paid directly TVET colleges
Infrastructure plans being planned to address student housing (SHIP)
Due diligence to be conducted for student debt and work out a process to address this
Policy guidelines must be made available
DHET to determine the in study service requirements
NSFAS will continue to manage and administer state funds aimed at providing Free Education. 1
NSFAS
NSFAS to transition into a full bursary provider over the phasing in period of
Free Education. 2
“Poor and working class” means that the prospective student comes from a family with a gross household income of up to R per annum. 3
Verification of SASSA status will be conducted through Department of Social
Development (DSD) systems 4
UNIVERSITIES
All qualifying students receiving funding from NSFAS must sign a contract with
associated binding obligations to be stipulated in the Bursary Agreement (addendum) 5
Universities to still accept NSFAS beneficiaries who are owing the universities
Work with NSFAS to ensure no double dipping for Top Up students
All universities must ensure that they manage FTEN enrolments in terms of their agreed upon targets
Collect ID numbers of legal guardians/parent/spouses for those FTEN students who are given space and qualify under the new criteria and pass to NSFAS for funding
For students not allocated space, Institutions to refer to CACH
Assist with signing of SOPs and NBAs
Universities post study service requirements 6
Verification of household income declared will be validated through 3rd party sources
for all applications received 6
Bursaries will be granted at full cost of study - All eligible students will be provided with a bursary that covers the actual cost of their tuition, plus a NSFAS determined allowance for prescribed learning materials. 7
Funding decisions will follow firm offers confirmation from Universities and TVETs 8
Top Up funding will still apply for those not fully funded by the respective scholarship or bursary 9
NSFAS to determine maximum allowance values
TVETS
Bursary rules and guidelines will be applied for TVET colleges to determine provision of bursaries
Collect ID numbers of legal guardians/parent/spouses for those FTEN students who are given space and qualify under the new criteria and pass to NSFAS for funding
Assist with signing of SOPs and NBAs
Capturing and submitting of attendance 10
NSFAS will continue to remain dependant on DHET grant to administer Free Education funding in accordance with allocation 11
NSFAS will continue to administer funds on behalf of other funders 12
NSFAS will continue managing its debts as per the loan book evaluation 17

18. Continuing Students – R122K
DHET BURSARY FUNDING PROGRAMME FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Areas of Concern pursuant to the drafting of the FAQs that will inform the policy
Continuing Students – R122K
The threshold of R122K for continuing students remains a risk. The current students in the system who couldn’t be funded during the previous academic years, might feel discriminated against. The students representatives have rejected this proposal as they feel the continuing/senior students are not benefitting from this new funding programme and this may lead to potential conflict.
Historic & NSFAS Debt
Historic debt remains an issue among students as students continue to be excluded from Universities due to debt. Students are unhappy that historic debt are kept in place. Historic debt is waived for NSFAS Beneficiaries for 2018.
NSFAS Debt recovery will be severely impacted by the fee free decision which will mean that we wont be able to meet debt recovery targets associated with APP, 50/50 partnership funding and upfront payments to institutions will also be impacted in the process. It is NSFAS Management view that the organisation continues to collect (NSFAS Debt is due and payable), leverages the SARS process and transition to donor accepting functionality in the process. The Pioneers programme will also assist in activating recovery and donation.
Funding Budget
The funding decision could result in additional income being required to fund students due to take up by students for funding. The recovery of debt and the lack thereof will also impact available funding as money recovered is used for funding and upfront payment. To mitigate this, NSFAS will make funding decisions based on University or TVET acceptance which will be a new rule therein.
N + 1
DHET is proposing N+1 for the new bursary scheme. NSFAS has indicated its discomfort with this progression rule as it discriminates against the possibility to conclude studies especially those from poor backgrounds who often struggles to adapt to the university environment. NSFAS is proposing continuing with N+2.
Accommodation
Demand for accommodation will continue to increase with student uptake of the new funding programme. Shortage of accommodation will continue to be a risk for NSFAS beneficiaries. NSFAS take their cues from the institutions in terms internal and accredited accommodation outside the university. NSFAS will pay on the basis of a signed contract. DHET, USAF and NSFAS will constitute a workstream to focus on accommodation. 18

19. 2018 APPLICATIONS PROGRESS REPORT
28 FEBRUARY 2018

20. 2018 APPLICATIONS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 ACHIEVEMENTS 1.2 CHALLENGES
The NSFAS Management has been hard at work since the 2018 application cycle opened on the 01st of August 2017, including TVET walk-ins during the month of January 2018 through to the 1st week of February, 2018.
1.1 ACHIEVEMENTS
1.2 CHALLENGES
Even though a lot has been achieved in the 2018 Application cycle compared to previous years, there have also been challenges. Some of the critical challenges are listed below:
As a results of changes in the sector, including the Presidential Pronouncement on Fee Free Higher Education, some of the NSFAS systems and processes were not flexible enough to respond to the changes during required short timeframes. This led to a lot of manual workarounds in order to make funding decisions;
NSFAS require inputs from institutions and other stakeholders for decision making, this has been a major dependency particularly this year due to the Presidential pronouncement to ensure we minimise the risk identified by all key stakeholders;
Some of these inputs were delayed, thereby impacting the speed at which NSFAS may make funding decisions. In other instances, the data was received with many errors or had missing fields. These inputs include:
Admissions lists in order to confirm funding for FTENS;
Academic results for returning students;
Cost of qualifications required to estimate allowances for institutions.
NSFAS human capacity and skills remains one of the key priorities for management. However, many positions in key areas have been filled in the last few months and has led to some improvement.
During this period the following have been achieved:
Total of 408K applications received – 258K University & 149K TVETs;
More than 90% of the received applications have been validated (DHA, SASSA, and Income verifications);
NSFAS has confirmed and communicated funding for 117K students (67K – University & 50K TVETs);
A further 113K (95K & 18K, University & TVETs respectively) students have been assessed to meet NSFAS funding criteria – pending confirmation of admission from the institutions;
In order to sustain operations, and advance student allowances at campuses, NSFAS has made an upfront payment to both Universities and TVETs to the total of about R2bn in January;
Furthermore disbursement of allowances to students on SBUX (13 institutions) have also been made for February;
Category 2 applications – development work completed, UAT completed, sign off pending;
Category 3 – CACH integration development work has been completed. UAT environment being prepared between NSFAS and CACH.

21. 2018 APPLICATIONS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.3 Key Initiatives
FUNDING DECISIONS & COMMUNICATION OF OUTCOMES
In order to complete all funding decisions and disbursement of allowances to students, NSFAS will focus on the following outcomes:
Continuously engage institutions, with the support of USAf and DHET, to ensure that all student admissions are send to NSFAS for funding decisions: Target Date: 23rd February Institutions have missed the agreed timelines, NSFAS has made a 2nd call to the institutions;
Continuously engage institutions, with the support of USAf and DHET, to ensure that all academic results for returning students are submitted to NSFAS: Target Date: 02nd of March 2018.
Complete funding decisions and communicate funding outcomes, including rejections, for FTENS and returning students. NB: Dependent on the two points above. Target Date: 02nd March 2018
Communicate funding outcomes to rejected students – 02nd March 2018.
Internal – Commence with Category 2 applications processing: Target date: 28th February 2018;
In other to mitigate the identified challenges, NSFAS management has implemented the following initiatives as priority for the organisation:
Institutions Engagement, Servicing Team and Contact Centre: These are key areas that are student facing. NSFAS has ensured that processes, technologies and human capacity in these areas is adequate to meet the demands of the fee free higher education. Some of the ongoing initiatives include:
Improved Contact Centre telephone system which will allow high call volume without disruptions.
Realignment of the organisational structure in these areas informed by the NSFAS new value chain. NSFAS continues to recruit individuals in these areas.
A Senior level dedicated team that continuously support all external stakeholders including students, institutions, PCHET, USAf, etc;
External Support – NSFAS has engaged KPMG from September 2017 to ensure that the 2018 programme delivers on its mandate (Program Assurance). Also, the organisation has engaged Deloitte in order to bolster internal Programme and Change Management capacity. This engagement will also assist to kick start some of the key future initiatives like the 2019 Programme (Transformation);
NSFAS will also identify and rollout disbursements together with Standard band & VBS. This is envisaged to reposition our SBUX brand and improve student experience at institutions.

22. RECOVERIES & SURPLUS REJECTION FEE FREE EDUCATION ADDITIONAL FUNDING
2018 APPLICATIONS – OVERALL ALLOCATION
UNIVERSITIES & TVESTS
The Minister of Higher Education and Training confirmed the revised 2018 allocations to NSFAS on the 14th February 2018.
The revised allocations include the DHET Bursary Programme (Fee-Free Education) additional funding for both TVETs (R2.6 billion) and universities (R4.6 billion).
Additional funding will be applied to First Time Entrants as provision had been made to fund all returning students from the original allocation.
ORIGINAL ALLOCATION
R’BILLIONS
RECOVERIES & SURPLUS REJECTION
FEE FREE EDUCATION ADDITIONAL FUNDING
REVISED ALLOCCATION
TVETs
2.579 -
2.585
5.164
UNIVERSITIES
10.320
1.525
4.581
16.426
TOTAL 
12.899
7.166
21.590

23. FEE FREE EDUCATION ADDITIONAL FUNDING
2018 PROVISIONAL TVET COLLEGES ALLOCATIONS
FTENS & RETURNING
ORIGINAL ALLOCATION
FEE FREE EDUCATION ADDITIONAL FUNDING
REVISED ALLOCCATION
FUNDING – R’BILLIONS
2.579
2.585
5.164
# OF STUDENTS
60 116
Allocations per institution for TVET colleges are determined by the DHET TVET Branch.
Allocations for 2018 for TVET colleges have not yet been finalised.

24. NSFAS APPLICATIONS – SUMMARY
FTENS (26 FEBRUARY 2018)
Since applications opened on the 01st August 2017 the total number of University applications received reached a peak of 408K (Inclusive of Jan TVET walk-ins);
29K applications with outstanding documents are being followed up by contact centre; In consultation with all stakeholders involved, NSFAS will determine the cut-off date to receive these outstanding documents from applicants – NSFAS proposal 09th March;
Based on the admissions data received from institutions, NSFAS has confirmed funding for 117K (FTENS) students and communicated these funding outcomes to students and universities – 67K University & 50K TVET;
43K of the applications relate to Senior students who are applying for funding for the first time in Funding will be approved for all applications that meet the N+ 2 requirement.
A further 113K applications have been assessed to meet funding criteria based on academic performance and family income – 95K University and 18K TVETS
NSFAS ACTIVITIES NEXT TWO WEEKS:
Complete Credit Bureau for the 50K outstanding applications – 28 February 2018
Finalise funding decisions and communications for FTENs, including rejections – ongoing;
TOTAL
UNIVERSITY
TVETS
Total number of applications Received
Applications rejected/withdrawn
(18 055)
(16 964)
(1 091)
Subtotal
Evaluation completed - A
80 326
Evaluation in progress - B
46 993
80 344
A – Evaluation completed/ Funding outcomes
Funding Eligible with Admission Offer (Communicated)
67 790
49 579
Funding Eligible with Admission Offer (Not communicated)
43 641
31 376
12 265
Funding Eligible without Admission (Not Communicated)
95 422
18 482
B- Evaluation in progress / Funding outcome pending
Awaiting supporting documentation
29 594
19 812
9 782
 Awaiting Credit Bureau check
29 664
27 181
2 483
59 218

25. 2018 APPLICATIONS – FTENS (UNIVERSITY)
DETAILED FUNDING REPORT (26 FEBRUARY 2018)
UNIVERSITY NAME
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
ADMISSIONS RECEIVED
ADMISSIONS MATCHED TO APPLICATIONS
FUNDED WITH ADMISSION
NOT YET FUNDED BUT HAS ADMISSION
FINANCIAL ELIGIBLE WITHOUT ADMISSION
CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
6,979
4194
1,627
2567
2,585
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
6,475
2331
1,989
342
2,040
DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
11,155
1702
1,437
265
5,900
GENERIC UNIVERSITY 52 17 9
157 39
MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
5,365
795
638 8
2,722
NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
9,044
2785
2,293
492
3,278
NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY
11,021
7186
5,397
1789
2,199
RHODES UNIVERSITY
1,404
755
516
239
179
SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENC UNIVERSITY
2,107
802
671
131
707
SOL PLAATJE UNIVERSITY
503
154
128 26
250
TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
22,653
9159
7,396
1763
7,979
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
4,080
2558
1,454
1104
826
UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE
4,328
853
675
178
2,050
UNIVERSITY OF FREE STATE
11,723
3349
2,803
546
4,907
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG
26,466
8531
6,715
1816
11,300
UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL
17,807
3051
2,458
593
9,656
UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO
8,282
3788
2,767
1021
3,315
UNIVERSITY OF MPUMALANGA
1,356
328
283 45
712
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
6,435
4116
2,799
1317
964
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
49,009
23981
12,242
11739
14,283
UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
2,007
1824
880
944 97
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
6,074
4901
3,541
1360
162
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
6,950
2578
1,960
618
1,916
UNIVERSITY OF VENDA
7,677
3588
2,457
1131
2,931
UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND
9,903
2264
1,882
382
4,381
VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
4,533
1274
1,019
255
2,003
WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY
15,115
2302
1,754
548
8,041
TOTAL
258,503
99166
67,790
31,376
95,422

26. 2018 APPLICATIONS – FTENS (TVETS)
DETAILED FUNDING REPORT (26 FEBRUARY 2018)
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
ADMISSIONS RECEIVED
ADMISSIONS MATCHED TO APPLICATIONS
FUNDED WITH ADMISSION
NOT YET FUNDED BUT HAS ADMISSION
FINANCIAL ELIGIBLE WITHOUT ADMISSION
BOLAND COLLEGE
3,064
2,362
2,033
329
337
BUFFALO CITY COLLEGE
1,799
1,258
1,140
118
348
CAPRICORN COLLEGE
3,695
2,503 95
2,408
1,130
CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG COLLEGE
2,867
163
119 44
645
COASTAL KZN FET COLLEGE
3,297
127
101 26
1,072
COLLEGE OF CAPE TOWN
3,229
2,248
1,888
360
277
EAST CAPE MIDLANDS
2,315 32 6
287
EHLANZENI FET COLLEGE
1,869 54 39 15
461
EKURHULENI EAST COLLEGE
4,730
584
524 60
441
EKURHULENI WEST COLLEGE
6,206
5,374
4,771
603
271
ELANGENI COLLEGE
4,301
126
113 13
1,122
ESAYIDI FET COLLEGE
1,367 30 17
115
FALSE BAY COLLEGE
2,296
1,514
1,240
274
143
FLAVIUS MAREKA FET COLLEGE
1,977 9
144
GERT SIBANDE FET COLLEGE
4,168
1,664
1,477
187
168
GOLDFIELDS FET COLLEGE
1,286 21 20 1 84
HUGENOTE COLLEGE 76 8 5 41
IKHALA PUBLIC FURTHER ED AND TRAINING
1,468 24 22 2
268
INGWE PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
1,632 18 14 4
129
KING HINTSA PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
1,247
1,080
956
124 49
KING SABATA DALINDYEBO FET COLLEGE
2,084 34 27 7
LEPHALALE FET COLLEGE
890
233 16
217 96
LETABA FET COLLEGE
2,838 23
819
LOVEDALE PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
1,434
192
MAJUBA COLLEGE
6,541
5,977
5,691
286
182

27. 2018 APPLICATIONS – FTENS (TVETS) – CONT’
DETAILED FUNDING REPORT (26 FEBRUARY 2018)
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
ADMISSIONS RECEIVED
ADMISSIONS MATCHED TO APPLICATIONS
FUNDED WITH ADMISSION
NOT YET FUNDED BUT HAS ADMISSION
FINANCIAL ELIGIBLE WITHOUT ADMISSION
MALUTI FET COLLEGE
3,116 49 44 5
384
MNAMBITHI FET COLLEGE
1,785
104 93 11 74
MOPANI SOUTH EAST FET COLLEGE
2,124 31 23 8 68
MOTHEO FET COLLEGE
4,529
3,901
3,379
522
297
MTHASHANA FET COLLEGE
1,600
780
701 79 99
NKANGALA FET COLLEGE
3,083
2,314
2,066
248
481
NORTHERN CAPE RURAL FET COLLEGE
1,774 21 18 3
101
NORTHERN CAPE URBAN FET COLLEGE
1,752 38 29 9
156
NORTHLINK COLLEGE
4,402
3,506
118
3,388
978
ORBIT FET COLLEGE
3,855
2,782
2,386
396
510
PORT ELIZABETH COLLEGE
2,154
408
337 71
348
SEDIBENG COLLEGE
5,068 61 13
243
SEKHUKHUNE FET COLLEGE
2,183 24 7
134
SOUTH CAPE COLLEGE
1,823
1,630
1,464
166 88
SOUTH WEST GAUTENG COLLEGE
6,455
5,541
4,941
600
471
TALETSO FET COLLEGE
2,096 41 34
280
THEKWINI FET COLLEGE
2,561
1,882
1,591
291
329
TSHWANA NORTH COLLEGE
4,539
145
113 32
1,175
TSHWANE SOUTH COLLEGE
2,928 76 25
567
UMFOLOZI COLLEGE
3,270
2,244
1,968
276
476
UMGUNGUNDLOVU FET COLLEGE
3,428 48
1,546
VHEMBE FET COLLEGE
6,258
5,333
4,868
465
140
VUSELELA FET COLLEGE
2,032 53 39 14
199
WATERBERG FET COLLEGE
1,728 45 30 15
325
WEST COAST COLLEGE
3,032 12 52
WESTERN COLLEGE
5,245
5,027
4,606
421
TOTAL
149,496
61,844
49,579
12,265
18,482

28. 2018 REJECTED APPLICATIONS
COMMUNICATIONS
Once NSFAS has received and verified all the admission data from University. The entity, shall in the week ending 2nd March 2018, complete its plans for communicating with students that do not qualify for funding;
These students include:
Missing documents and supporting documents;
Does not meet NSFAS funding Criteria; and
Doesn’t have academic criteria

29. NSFAS APPEAL PROCESS FTENS & RETURNING
The NSFAS Appeals Process aims to guide students (FTENs & Returning) that wish to dispute the funding decision made by NSFAS;
The process applies the following business rules:
The following are valid reasons for denial of funding or being placed on the unfunded list, and appeals will not be considered in such cases:
Applications submitted past the NSFAS stipulated deadline;
Applicants who did not submit supporting documents for their application by the NSFAS deadline;
Applicants who were provisionally funded but did not register for their funded qualification by the deadline;
Students who did not submit a signed NBA by the stipulated deadline date.; and Applicants for whom there was insufficient funding or for whom there was insufficient funding to fund their qualification (based on funder and funder product selected).
New applicants will lodge an appeal with NSFAS directly using the NSFAS appeals form – New Applicants within the academic year that the funding decision is made. The form must be downloaded from the website or requested via from the appeals account
New applicants must complete the form in full, sign it and submit it to the following address:
New applicants should submit the recommendations to NSFAS on or before END OF FEBRUARY 2018 for this year ONLY, however in future the submissions must be made before start of the academic year / 31 January each SUBSEQUENT year thereafter.

30. 2018 APPLICATIONS – RETURNING (UNIVERSITY)
DETAILED FUNDING REPORTS (26 FEBRUARY 2018)
INSTITUTION
ACADEMIC RESULTS RECEIVED
ACADEMIC RESULTS RECEIVED - PASS RATE >= 50%
ACADEMIC RESULTS RECEIVED - PASS RATE < 50%
RETURNING STUDENTS - FUNDED
CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
15 463
8 297
7 166
2 507
DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
21 336
16 438
4 898
9 448
MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
7 513
5 453
2 060
5 849
NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
11 408
6 701
4 707
7460
NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY
RHODES UNIVERSITY
1 264
621
643
841
SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENC UNIVERSITY
2 021
1 740
281
939
SOL PLAATJE UNIVERSITY
747
598
149
525
TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
34 007
22 467
11 540
15 944
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
4 526
2 084
2 422
2 614
UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE
UNIVERSITY OF FREE STATE
10 805
4 082
6 723
7790
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG
21 502
14 114
7 388
16 714
UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL
41 982
32 180
9 802
15 407
UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO
3 064
1 408
1 656
2 407
UNIVERSITY OF MPUMALANGA
1 055
843
212
737
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
9066
4 493
4 573
4 184
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
23 394
5 591
17 803
1 532
UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
1 206
776
430
740
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
*5 188
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
5 391
3 037
2 354
4 381
UNIVERSITY OF VENDA
11 007
8 637
2 370
9 089
UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND
13 376
9 446
3 930
10 686
VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
6 468
2 745
3 723
3 786
WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY
21 960
15 963
5 997
5 987
GRAND TOTAL
On a daily basis, NSFAS analyses academic results submitted by institutions on the day for funding decisions;
This process will continue until all institutions have finalised their results.
CPUT,NW,& Fort Hare, have not submitted academic results;
**UWC have submitted their academic results flagged 2018 not 2017 – NSFAS working with UWC to resolve the issue;
CHALLENGES WITH ACADEMIC RESULTS:
Data issues when uploading into NSFAS databases – NSFAS working with Institutions to mitigating the issues;

31. 13 2018 APPLICATIONS – RETURNING (TVETs)
DETAILED FUNDING REPORTS (26 FEBRUARY 2018)
NSFAS has received academic results for TVET returning students. Based on the data received, the following indicates the number of students funded in the first batch.
NSFAS assesses the data academic results received daily, in order to make more funding decisions for returning students.
INSTITUTION
FUNDED
BOLAND COLLEGE
300
BUFFALO CITY COLLEGE
683
CAPRICORN COLLEGE
2275
CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG COLLEGE
147
COASTAL KZN FET COLLEGE
253
COLLEGE OF CAPE TOWN
433
EAST CAPE MIDLANDS
525
EHLANZENI FET COLLEGE 3
EKURHULENI EAST COLLEGE
963
EKURHULENI WEST COLLEGE
219
ELANGENI COLLEGE
274
ESAYIDI FET COLLEGE
579
FALSE BAY COLLEGE
229
FLAVIUS MAREKA FET COLLEGE 2
GERT SIBANDE FET COLLEGE
200
INSTITUTION
FUNDED
GOLDFIELDS FET COLLEGE 69
HUGENOTE COLLEGE
IKHALA PUBLIC FURTHER ED AND TRAINING
245
INGWE PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
KING HINTSA PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
154
KING SABATA DALINDYEBO FET COLLEGE
364
LEPHALALE FET COLLEGE
155
LETABA FET COLLEGE
195
LOVEDALE PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
355
MAJUBA COLLEGE
326
MALUTI FET COLLEGE
342
MNAMBITHI FET COLLEGE
258
MOPANI SOUTH EAST FET COLLEGE
576
MOTHEO FET COLLEGE
197
MTHASHANA FET COLLEGE
124
Row Labels
Funded
BOLAND COLLEGE
300
BUFFALO CITY COLLEGE
683
CAPRICORN COLLEGE
2275
CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG COLLEGE
147
COASTAL KZN FET COLLEGE
253
COLLEGE OF CAPE TOWN
433
EAST CAPE MIDLANDS
525
EHLANZENI FET COLLEGE 3
EKURHULENI EAST COLLEGE
963
EKURHULENI WEST COLLEGE
219
ELANGENI COLLEGE
274
ESAYIDI FET COLLEGE
579
FALSE BAY COLLEGE
229
FLAVIUS MAREKA FET COLLEGE 2
GERT SIBANDE FET COLLEGE
200
GOLDFIELDS FET COLLEGE 69
HUGENOTE COLLEGE
IKHALA PUBLIC FURTHER ED AND TRAINING
245
INGWE PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
KING HINTSA PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
154
KING SABATA DALINDYEBO FET COLLEGE
364
LEPHALALE FET COLLEGE
155
LETABA FET COLLEGE
195
LOVEDALE PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
355
MAJUBA COLLEGE
326
MALUTI FET COLLEGE
342
MNAMBITHI FET COLLEGE
258
MOPANI SOUTH EAST FET COLLEGE
576
MOTHEO FET COLLEGE
197
MTHASHANA FET COLLEGE
124
NKANGALA FET COLLEGE
351
NORTHERN CAPE RURAL FET COLLEGE
174
NORTHERN CAPE URBAN FET COLLEGE
116
NORTHLINK COLLEGE
308
ORBIT FET COLLEGE
544
PORT ELIZABETH COLLEGE
882
SEDIBENG COLLEGE
691
SEKHUKHUNE FET COLLEGE
225
SOUTH CAPE COLLEGE
595
SOUTH WEST GAUTENG COLLEGE
984
TALETSO FET COLLEGE
313
THEKWINI FET COLLEGE
280
TSHWANA NORTH COLLEGE
775
TSHWANE SOUTH COLLEGE
UMFOLOZI COLLEGE
1432
UMGUNGUNDLOVU FET COLLEGE
151
VHEMBE FET COLLEGE
849
VUSELELA FET COLLEGE
296
WATERBERG FET COLLEGE 35
WEST COAST COLLEGE
385
WESTERN COLLEGE
Grand Total
20243

32. CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG COLLEGE 147 COASTAL KZN FET COLLEGE 253
INSTITUTION
FUNDED
NKANGALA FET COLLEGE
351
NORTHERN CAPE RURAL FET COLLEGE
174
NORTHERN CAPE URBAN FET COLLEGE
116
NORTHLINK COLLEGE
308
ORBIT FET COLLEGE
544
PORT ELIZABETH COLLEGE
882
SEDIBENG COLLEGE
691
SEKHUKHUNE FET COLLEGE
225
SOUTH CAPE COLLEGE
595
SOUTH WEST GAUTENG COLLEGE
984
TALETSO FET COLLEGE
313
THEKWINI FET COLLEGE
280
TSHWANA NORTH COLLEGE
775
TSHWANE SOUTH COLLEGE
258
UMFOLOZI COLLEGE
1432
UMGUNGUNDLOVU FET COLLEGE
151
VHEMBE FET COLLEGE
849
VUSELELA FET COLLEGE
296
WATERBERG FET COLLEGE 35
WEST COAST COLLEGE
385
WESTERN COLLEGE
154
GRAND TOTAL
20243
Row Labels
Funded
BOLAND COLLEGE
300
BUFFALO CITY COLLEGE
683
CAPRICORN COLLEGE
2275
CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG COLLEGE
147
COASTAL KZN FET COLLEGE
253
COLLEGE OF CAPE TOWN
433
EAST CAPE MIDLANDS
525
EHLANZENI FET COLLEGE 3
EKURHULENI EAST COLLEGE
963
EKURHULENI WEST COLLEGE
219
ELANGENI COLLEGE
274
ESAYIDI FET COLLEGE
579
FALSE BAY COLLEGE
229
FLAVIUS MAREKA FET COLLEGE 2
GERT SIBANDE FET COLLEGE
200
GOLDFIELDS FET COLLEGE 69
HUGENOTE COLLEGE
IKHALA PUBLIC FURTHER ED AND TRAINING
245
INGWE PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
KING HINTSA PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
154
KING SABATA DALINDYEBO FET COLLEGE
364
LEPHALALE FET COLLEGE
155
LETABA FET COLLEGE
195
LOVEDALE PUBLIC FET COLLEGE
355
MAJUBA COLLEGE
326
MALUTI FET COLLEGE
342
MNAMBITHI FET COLLEGE
258
MOPANI SOUTH EAST FET COLLEGE
576
MOTHEO FET COLLEGE
197
MTHASHANA FET COLLEGE
124
NKANGALA FET COLLEGE
351
NORTHERN CAPE RURAL FET COLLEGE
174
NORTHERN CAPE URBAN FET COLLEGE
116
NORTHLINK COLLEGE
308
ORBIT FET COLLEGE
544
PORT ELIZABETH COLLEGE
882
SEDIBENG COLLEGE
691
SEKHUKHUNE FET COLLEGE
225
SOUTH CAPE COLLEGE
595
SOUTH WEST GAUTENG COLLEGE
984
TALETSO FET COLLEGE
313
THEKWINI FET COLLEGE
280
TSHWANA NORTH COLLEGE
775
TSHWANE SOUTH COLLEGE
UMFOLOZI COLLEGE
1432
UMGUNGUNDLOVU FET COLLEGE
151
VHEMBE FET COLLEGE
849
VUSELELA FET COLLEGE
296
WATERBERG FET COLLEGE 35
WEST COAST COLLEGE
385
WESTERN COLLEGE
Grand Total
20243

33. ADMISSIONS DATA 9.1 ADMISSIONS DATA 9.2 CATEGORY 2 & 3 APPLICATIONS
As indicated, NSFAS relies on inputs from institutions and other stakeholder in order to make funding decisions: This sections outlines what NSFAS has done, plans going forward, and the processes to ensure that outstanding inputs are submitted on time to finalise funding decisions and communicate outcome:
The NSFAS institution support team and Servicing Team are in continuous engagements with the institutions to ensure that all outstanding admissions are submitted to NSFAS for funding decisions;
While pending Admissions data, NSFAS has also identified students that qualify for funding but have not been admitted at institutions.
This process will be closed on the 09/03/2017, where NSFAS will engage all stakeholders before unfunding these students who have not been admitted – this is assuming Registration data is received timeously;
9.1 ADMISSIONS DATA
November 2017:
NSFAS issues out s to institutions requesting Admissions Lists
Institutions support and continuous engagement Initiative
December 2017:
NSFAS issues circular 9 to communicate presidential pronouncements and to mind institutions to submit Admissions lists
December 2017:
Only UCT submits admissions list
9.2 CATEGORY 2 & 3 APPLICATIONS
Jan 2018:
NSFAS completes TVET Training on integrations
NSFAS has completed all the technical developments to integrate with institutions for Category 2 students (Students who have been admitted at institutions but did not apply to NSFAS);
This integration will be deployed to share information with institutions in the month of March 2018;
Integration with Central Applications Clearing House (CACH) for category 3 applications – on going
19 Jan 2018:
NSFAS makes the first funding decisions and communicates to students and institutions
26 Jan 2018:
NSFAS makes upfront payments to Universities and TVETs
02/03/2018
NSFAS closes receipt of Admissions lists from institutions for 2018 applications processing
21 Feb 2018:
NSFAS agrees with USAf that Universities must submit outstanding data by no later than end of February

34. ACADEMIC RESULTS & REGISTRATION DATA
Academic Results for TVETS have been received from DHET and NSFAS has started making funding decisions for TVETS returning students;
Majority of Universities have also submitted their Academic data to NSFAS. Academic data comes to NSFAS via a seamless integration between NSFAS and the institutions;
CPUT, NW, & Fort Hare, have not submitted academic results; NSFAS institution engagement team is constantly assisting these institutions to ensure that outstanding data is submitted.
Only SBUX institutions have submitted registration data to NSFAS. These institutions were prioritised in order to ensure that students allowances are paid timeously;
The rest of the institutions, have not submitted registration data; NSFAS institution engagement team is constantly assisting these institutions to ensure that outstanding data is submitted.

35. PROVISIONAL ALLOCATION
2018 UPFRONTS - UNIVERSITIES
INSTITUTION
PROVISIONAL ALLOCATION
UPFRONT PAYMENT
PERCENTAGE
CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
447,649,560
58,502,138
13%
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
251,753,877
32,901,049
DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
587,733,969
76,809,399
MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
155,801,390
20,361,272
NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
389,925,649
50,958,353
NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY
556,572,014
72,736,926
RHODES UNIVERSITY
70,074,153
9,157,806
SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENC UNIVERSITY
115,202,562
15,055,518
SOL PLAATJE UNIVERSITY
29,034,155
3,794,397
TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
1,223,654,764
159,916,208
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
200,728,888
26,232,728
UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE
351,739,445
45,967,899
UNIVERSITY OF FREE STATE
724,677,195
94,706,148
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG
1,327,355,566
173,468,591
UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL
789,063,551
103,120,630
UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO
567,063,384
74,108,015
UNIVERSITY OF MPUMALANGA
43,835,879
5,728,795
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
444,974,772
58,152,577
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
409,096,707
53,463,768
UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
98,493,837
12,871,899
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
251,127,552
32,819,196
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
865,731,285
113,140,134
UNIVERSITY OF VENDA
401,234,219
52,436,240
UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND
495,153,450
64,710,296
VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
346,622,555
45,299,186
WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY
700,699,623
91,572,582
TOTAL
11,845,000,000
1,547,991,750
Upfront payments were made to both Universities and TVETs on the 26th of January 2018
Upfront payments are limited to the available reserves being recovered funds;
Upfront payments made were approximately 13% of the provisional allocations;
An upfront amount of R386m was also paid to TVET Colleges

36. 2018 UPFRONTS - TVETs INSTITUTION 2017 ALLOCATION 2018 ALLOCATION
UPFRONT PAYMENT
BOLAND
37.9m
40.1m
6,012,508
BUFFALOCITY
35.0m
37.1m
5,561,007
CAPECOLLEGE
50.3m
53.2m
7,986,419
CAPRICORN
79.2m
83.8m
12,570,786
CENTRALJHB
56.8m
60.1m
9,015,588
COASTALKZN
85.9m
90.9m
13,632,489
EASTCAPEMID
39.3m
41.6m
6,237,386
EHLAZENI
41.2m
43.5m
6,530,505
EKURHULENIEA
57.4m
60.7m
9,106,682
EKURHULENIWE
80.1m
84.7m
12,708,061
ELANGENI
62.9m
66.5m
9,981,119
ESAYIDI
59.7m
63.2m
9,479,945
FALSEBAY
34.6m
36.6m
5,494,035
FLAVIUSMAREK
22.3m
23.6m
3,545,517
GERTSIBANDE
55.6m
58.8m
8,818,324
GOLDFIELDS
26.8m
28.4m
4,256,493
IKHALA
24.6m
26.0m
3,903,544
INGWE
38.8m
41.1m
6,164,543
KINGHINTSA
22.9m
24.2m
3,629,469
KINGSABATA
40.2m
42.6m
6,385,771
LEPHALALE
16.0m
16.9m
2,541,739
LETABA
32.4m
34.3m
5,141,087
LOVEDALE
21.5m
22.8m
3,413,796
MAJUBA
96.3m
101.9m
15,281,699
MALUTI
46.0m
6,905,196
MNAMBITHI
39.4m
41.7m
6,252,463
MOPANI
40.3m
6,396,404
MOTHEO
78.4m
82.9m
12,440,176
MTHASHANA
31.8m
33.6m
5,043,169
NCRURAL
24.1m
25.5m
3,827,844
NCURBAN
25.9m
27.4m
4,102,554
NKANGALA
52.7m
55.8m
8,365,395
INSTITUTION
2017 ALLOCATION
2018 ALLOCATION
UPFRONT PAYMENT
NORTHLINK
68.9m
72.9m
10,932,526
ORBIT
78.2m
82.7m
12,406,690
PORTELIZABET
40.8m
43.2m
6,475,436
SEDIBENG
56.6m
59.9m
8,984,166
SEKHUKHUNE
31.5m
33.3m
4,992,226
SOUTHCAPE
29.9m
31.7m
4,750,685
SOUTHWEST
89.3m
94.5m
14,173,815
TALETSO
37.7m
39.9m
5,986,481
THEKWINI
40.0m
42.4m
6,354,189
TSHWANENORTH
80.7m
85.4m
12,809,947
TSHWANESOUTH
66.7m
70.6m
10,591,479
UMFOLOZI
67.6m
71.5m
10,731,453
UMGUNGUNDLOVU
33.8m
35.8m
5,368,345
VHEMBE
95.3m
100.9m
15,130,934
VUSELELA
6,472,580
WATERBERG
31.1m
32.9m
4,939,061
WESTCOAST
41.8m
44.2m
6,630,010
WESTERNCOLLE
52.9m
55.9m
8,388,565
GRAND TOTAL
2,437.6M
2,579.0M
386,850,300

37. 2018 SBUX UPFRONTS PER INSTITUTION
(FTENS & RETURNING)
FIRST TIME ENTRANTS (FTENS)
INSTITUTION
UPFRONT FEB 2018 PER STUDENT
PROPOSED PAYMENT UNTIL SOP IS AVAILABLE PER STUDENT
NUMBER OF FTEN STUDENTS RECEIVED UPFRONTS
AMOUNT DISBURSED(R)
DUT
2,500 -
NMU
432
1,555,200
UNIVEN
826
2,973,600
UNISA
155
387,500
SOL PLAATJE 11
14,300
TOTAL
1,424
4,930,600
RETURNING STUDENTS
PROPOSED PAYMENT
NUMBER OF RETURNING STUDENTS RECEIVED UPFRONTS
1,100
4,522
16,279,200 -  24
31,200
4,546
16,310,400
Universities & TVETs that are currently on sBux are not able to pay allowances directly to student
As a result, NSFAS is advancing R2,500 per student towards books; R1,100 for food and R1,300 for travel (SPU) for students in sBux Universities and is also advancing R750 travel allowance for students at sBux TVETS.
The upfront payment process is based on registration confirmations being received by NSFAS.
First batch of disbursement done on 16th February 2018; Second batch of disbursements done on 22nd February 2018
As soon as additional funding lists & approved registration data is made available to sBux, additional disbursement files will be prepared and vouchers disbursed

38. 2018 APPLICATIONS - DISBURSEMENTS
In 2018, NSFAS will use two existing channels, FNB (Institution) and SBUX/Celbux to disburse allowances to students;
NSFAS will NOT introduce/onboard any new institutions into Celbux engagement;
NSFAS plans to onboard, Standard Bank and VBS as additional disbursement channels June 2018.
NSFAS has agreed with institutions to see out existing contracts between institutions and other disbursement providers, e.g. Fundi, etc. in order to prevent similar incidents that happened in 2017;
NSFAS is also improving its processes and systems controls and reporting mechanisms to ensure that all transactions meet set business rules, e.g. segregation of duties when setting up funder rules and allocation tables; Implementation of audit trail on transactional databases; and user training;
As a Mitigation – NSFAS has paid upfront to Universities and TVETS while completing all outstanding developments and testing;
Detailed upfront report attached in Section – 16 & 17.
ADDITIONAL DISBURSEMENT CHANNELS (VBS & SBSA)
NSFAS is also in the process to onboard two additional disbursement providers – Standard Bank and VBS Bank;
These channels will introduce Bank Cards with disbursement allocated in Pockets within the card; NSFAS will also introduce a Cash Pocket where students may access and withdraw cash at NO COST at service providers ATMs.
The project is anticipated to be rolled out at selected institutions by July 2018;
EXISTING DISBURSEMENT PROCESS (FNB & SBUX/CELBUX)
In 2017, the PWC ICT Review identified the current disbursement process as one of the key areas that require improvement going into 2018; therefore, in preparation for the 2018 applications cycle, the following changes were completed:
Rewrite Registration Handler – this piece of software processes Registration Data from institutions in order to create contracts for FTENs; Status – Completed;
Contracts – As a result of the Presidential Pronouncements, NSFAS has had to change its Loan Agreement form into a Bursary Agreement. Bursary agreement conditions were discussed with USAf on the 23rd Feb NSFAS will implement these changes into the system.

39. 2018 APPLICATIONS – NOTIONAL ALLOWANCE
NSFAS was asked to determine the Notional Student Allowances using a desktop analysis which seeks to standardise allowance across the ecosystem. It was identified that the disparities are vast for book, food and transport allowances, thus necessitate the DHET to intervene to ensure consistency across disbursement of allowances and adequate funding for the students. 1st of April 2018 is the planned implementation date for the standardised notional allowance.
SUMMARY
The Report was compiled by NSFAS and presented at the DHET and USAF task Team – below is the summary of NSFAS proposal:
NSFAS Management presented the report to the USAf / DHET Task Team;
The proposal and its recommendations was approved for implementation starting from 01st April;
NSFAS to write to the Universities to advice them of the new allowances for students; and
To communicate the transition plan for implementation
Pros & Cons
Advantages and disadvantages have been identified, i.e.
Advantages:
90% quartile is high thus adequately covers funding needs;
Ensure fairness through standardisations;
Lead to earlier disbursement eliminating dependencies from Institutions.
Disadvantages
Students may receive more funding than what they need
Cost the fiscus more;
Disadvantage those with allowance above the notional allowances.

40. Tvet AS THE FOCUS FOR 2018
28 FEBRUARY 2018

41. Our Funding Process MONITOR, EVALUATE & REPORT MAINTAIN & SERVICE
SOLICIT
ONBOARD
SOLUTION
FULFILL

42. Executive Summary
The TVET task team was established in conjunction with NSFAS, DHET and SCAPO to bring to resolution issues that are outstanding from 2016 and The team consists of personnel from relevant servicing units within capable of dealing with these issues end-to-end. The team is based at Ekurhuleni West College Corporate Centre, and has been stationed there since 17 January 2018.
Our stakeholder Engagement team has kept in contact with members of SACOP via ongoing engagements arranged by DHET. There is an open communication line and both parties understand the channels of engagement.
Onsite Presence – NSFAS has made available members of our staff to assist TVET collages with registration process. University was extended the same offer on a need basis.
NSFAS has ongoing Engagement with DHET TVET branch via meeting and engagement with DHET and TVET collages themselves including SACPO and student leaders. NSFAS attended the Conference for Student Support Services, key resolutions were agreed to in this conference which have become part of the programmes of NSFAS.

43. VALUE CHAIN
NSFAS INTERVENTION
SOLICIT
NSFAS issued key messages of Fee Free Education to TVET colleges for a better understanding of the product.
The used different media channels to inform the public of the funding opportunities at TVET colleges.
NSFAS developed poster and issued them to TVET colleges electronically in January.
Manual applications forms were issued to all colleges to manage long queue. Colleges were requested to use these as a drop and go.
ONBOARDING
NSFAS deployed 115 officials at TVET colleges to assist with capturing during the registration period.
All college officials were trained on application process and integration with NSFAS in the week in January.
Another Integration workshop is taking place in Pretoria on 27 February with the TVET colleges.
NSFAS is working with DHET to build integration for the TVET results to speed up funding decisions for returning students.
The updated TVET 2017 results were received on Friday, 23 February 2018.
NSFAS is paying the Business Management Service Providers of the colleges to ensue that integration is smooth and colleges has the necessary software
SOLUTION
NSFAS has written to the DHET requesting an establishment of a Disability fund and a Draft policy was submitted for the DHET’s consideration.
TVET colleges have been requested to submit admission data to NSFAS to ensure that the entity only funds students that have a place at a public TVET college and students are enrolled for approved programmes.
FULFILL
On 17 January NSFAS established a team that is based at Ekurhuleni West College (EWC) Corporate Centre to assist colleges with outstanding claims of This was after a significant number of colleges failed to claims their full allocation and in some instances not enough students applied for funding.
NSFAS relaxed its process regarding signing of SOP’s and allowed colleges to submit proof of registration for the entity to release funding. The team in EWC physically verifies each and every proof of registration before payments are made. This team will remain at EWC until the end of the financial year and it consists of not less than ten officials.
NSFAS is replacing the SOP this year with a new bursary agreement. We have also suggested some conditions for a bursary to the DHET to be included in the contract.
NSFAS will be disbursing student allowances through Standard Bank and VBS this year.
All TVET colleges were given upfront payments and were informed that the funds should also be utilised for allowances in colleges that have not yet migrated to NSFAS disbursing channels.
NSFAS is paying allowances to the students that are on Sbux directly to ensure that accommodation and travel is paid.

44. VALUE CHAIN
NSFAS INTERVENTION
MAINTAIN & SERVICE
NSFAS is meeting regularly with TVET stakeholders including the DHET TVET branch fortnightly.
Workshop will be held soon before the financial year with member of the Financial Aid Committee at colleges to ensure that the Rules and Guidelines are understood and implemented correctly.
NSFAS has build internal capacity to deal with TVET college matters apart from universities. To this end, a Senior Manager TVET Colleges is a process of been appointed with operations and a dedicated team in the contact centre is been established.
REPORT & EVALUATE
NSFAS is developing with the TVET business management service providers an automated solution that will assist the colleges to upload the remittance advise report on their systems.
An attendance register solution is been developed to allow colleges to upload attendance of individual student on the NSFAS MyManager portal. These registers are used in the payment of TVET allowances.
We recently learned that the colleges struggle to read the NSFAS SOP reports that are available to the colleges via the NSFAS MyManager portal. The entity will be engaging colleges on ways to improve the report and make it user friendly.

45. KEY ACTIVITIES PLANNED TILL FINANCIAL YEAR END
GOVERNANCE AND OVERSIGHT
PCHET Update – Top of Mind Matters and 2018 Programme Update – 28 February
Meeting with DHET
USAF, SACPO, FAOs and Student Representatives
NSFAS Media Briefing on funding progress for 2018 – 1st March
NSFAS Board Meeting - 16th March
28 February – 16 March 2018
STRATEGIC PROJECTS
Breakfast with Strategic Stakeholders
Soft Launch of the Power of 26 campaign
Pioneers Campaign (giving NSFAS the much needed human face) – celebrating governments’ student funding excellence during a gala dinner at Gallagher Estate (PCHET invited)
Standardisation of the agreement form, allowances and application
New NSFAS Target Operating Model
23 March 2018
FUNDING DECISIONING
New beneficiaries decisioning to continue
Confirmation of funding for continuing students
Payment and Disbursement launch and implementation through the banking platforms
Payment Optimisation
31 March 2018 45
High-level Overview of NSFAS