Does NSFAS Pay For Supplementary Exams At UNISA? (2023)

If you’re a student at UNISA and you’ve had to resit an exam, you might be wondering if NSFAS will pay for it.

The good news is that yes, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) does cover the cost of writing supplementary exams. However, there are some conditions attached to receiving this allowance:

Does NSFAS Pay For Supplementary Exams At UNISA?

National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is providing allowances to students who are writing supplementary examinations.

NSFAS is a government-funded student aid scheme that provides allowances to students who are writing supplementary examinations.

If you’re an undergraduate student who has been granted NSFAS funding, you can apply for funding to write supplementary exams at your university. Usually, the only time you’ll need to do this is if you failed an examination and want to repeat it.

If you want more information about how NSFAS works or how to apply for financial assistance, visit their website or call them at 800-5600-000

NSFAS will pay a student doing an exam the day before, on the day of the exam and the day after the exam.

It is up to you to get yourself to your university campus or other venue for your supplementary test. For example, if your uni campus is in Pretoria, it will be up to you to get yourself there from where ever you live or stay in Gauteng province.

You cannot have NSFAS paying for transport from Jo’burg/Pretoria/Durban etc., because this would be outside their scope of paying for transport costs associated with supplementary exams at unis

To qualify for an allowance, students must have passed more than 50% of their modules during the year.

To qualify for an allowance, students must have passed more than 50% of their modules during the year.

If you are registered for supplementary exams and provided that you have proof of travel arrangements, you can apply for the NSFAS supplementary exam allowance at Unisa. You will need to provide two forms of ID when applying and they should be government issued.

Students must also provide evidence that they are registered for exams, as well as proof of travel arrangements.

Students must also provide evidence that they are registered for exams, as well as proof of travel arrangements.

To do this, you will need to provide a letter from Unisa confirming that you are registered and that the travel arrangements have been made. All other forms of documentation may be sent through email attachment, or by post.

To apply for an allowance, students should complete the form provided on the NSFAS website and send it via email to [email protected] or drop it off at your nearest NSFAS office (keep in mind that postal applications take longer).

Once your application has been reviewed and approved by an officer from NSFAS headquarters in Pretoria; you will receive an SMS alerting you to this fact.

In order for your status as an eligible student on NSFAS benefit scheme to remain valid; you must submit a claim form every month before midnight on the last day of each month during which time claims can be submitted (this varies slightly between provinces).

If a claim period falls over summer holidays or weekends then there will be no submission deadline until after these dates have passed – this means there is no need to panic if something comes up unexpectedly.

Students must bring along two forms of ID when making a claim for an allowance.

Students must bring along two forms of ID when making a claim for an allowance. One form of ID must be a valid, government-issued ID and the other must be a valid, government-issued with your name, date of birth and photograph.

Both forms of identity document should be current as well.

Here’s what you need to know about receiving an allowance from NSFAS while writing your supplementary exams.

Here’s what you need to know about receiving an allowance from NSFAS while writing your supplementary exams.

NSFAS will pay a student doing an exam the day before, on the day of the exam and the day after the exam.

Students must have passed more than 50% of their modules during the year in order to qualify for an allowance. If they don’t, they will not be paid anything by their institution or by NSFAS until they meet this threshold.

The funding body has stated that students who complete their coursework but fail all modules will be eligible for payments made at semester intervals until they have successfully completed enough work to meet this minimum requirement.

Students who are registered for two courses may receive two payments per semester if one does not fully cover their expenses.

Related:

• Does NSFAS Fund Extended Programmes At UJ?
• Does NSFAS Fund Private Institutions
• Public Colleges In Gauteng Funded By NSFAS

Closing

In conclusion, getting an NSFAS allowance while writing supplementary exams can be a big help. The allowance is paid out in two installments and it’s paid directly into your bank account or your parents’ bank account if you’re still studying at home with them.