Financial literacy can make a world of difference for school leavers
The real tragedy lies in the suffering of the students
Funding, collaboration and innovation can improve the skills and prospects of young South Africans
A more equitable and fair society, able to conquer the effects of pandemics, starts with debt-free education and skills development
Ministerial project to let individuals and funds help raise money for student bursaries and loans to start in 2017.
Government’s approach has to change and universities and students must work together.
The mismanagement of student loans has a direct impact on graduates’ future and has often led to their misery.
A graduate says he can’t get a decent job because the university withheld his certificate over debt.
Students claim they didn’t get certificates after the funding agency failed to pay their fees.
Acting vice-chancellor bends the rules to readmit 5 000 needy students who faced exclusion.
Government, state agencies and universities must urgently solve the dire shortage of funding for students.
A shortfall in financial aid means the doors of academia will be closed to scores of candidates.
Ways to create cheaper learning materials are being probed, but there are stumbling blocks.
Serious problems in system leave hundreds of thousands of eligible applicants empty-handed.
The budget allocated to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme shows government will be dealing with the funding problem for poor students soon.
Higher education funding crisis set to stoke fires at campuses again in 2015.
Britain is paying the price for its controversial student loan scheme.
Too many students have to make do with poor academic staff and infrastructural inadequacies.
Students at the Eastern Cape’s Walter Sisulu University are still waiting for their loans from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to be paid.
What do many South African students and Barack Obama have in common? The answer is the weight of their student loan debt.
