The National Student Financial Aid Scheme will brief the media on its readiness for the 2026 academic year on Tuesday, as thousands of students await clarity on funding decisions, university admissions and allowance disbursements. TheNational Student Financial Aid Scheme(NSFAS) is unveiling its plan for the 2026 academic year. NSFAS Board Chairperson Dr Mugwena Maluleke is speaking in Pretoria.
The address outlines NSFAS’s preparations for the 2026 academic year, with a focus on funding disbursements and registration support for universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges. Maluleke will provide information on key processes, timelines, and responsibilities. These include the status and statistics of 2026 applications, submission of 2025 academic results and continuing-student funding decisions, NSFAS funding decisions and eligible lists, 2026 admissions, registration data submissions and validations, allowance distribution arrangements, qualification code updates and the 2026 disbursement schedule. The briefing comes days afterNSFASconfirmed on January 2 that it had processed all 2026 funding applications ahead of the start of the academic year, meeting its commitment to finalise applications by December 31, 2025.
