DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT COVID19 MEASURES 2020
“The 2020 academic year will be re-organised to enable all our institutions and their students to complete academic requirements, with the prospects of extending into early 2021 depending on the epidemiology and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic threat,” higher education minister Blade Nzimande
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2020 Higher learning could continue into 2021
“The 2020 academic year will be re-organised to enable all our institutions and their students to complete academic requirements, with the prospects of extending into early 2021 depending on the epidemiology and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic threat,”
NSFAS will continue to pay students: Nzimande
Minister Blade Nzimande said announced that “NSFAS funding for all students will continue while the academic year is underway”, even under the lockdown period.
“The likely extension of the academic year will require additional funding to maintain allowances for students while they complete the academic year. As a department, we are therefore working with NSFAS, in modelling these costs,” he said.
