The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), in association with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), implemented a new policy last October. According to this, students should receive funds to pay for transport and accommodation during their time at college.
According to Ehlanzeni’s communications officer, Mr Nxolisi Mzimande, the policy works one of two ways: there should either be a controlled system according to which the service providers are paid, or the funds should be paid directly into the students’ personal accounts and they pay for the services themselves.
Because the college does not have a set system in place, all students are instructed to apply for a personal bank account into which the monthly allowance will be paid. However, this would be a costly and unmanageable system, said Mzimande.
