Umphathiswa wemfundo ephakamileyo uBlade Nzimande uyichithile ibhodi yesiqgeba seSizwe soNcedo lwezeMali zaBafundi (NSFAS) kwangoko
Kananjalo ngoLwesihlanu umhla weshumi elinesibini (12) usibeke phantsi kolawulo. Oku kuza emva kokurhoxa kukasihlalo webhodi yeNSFAS u-Ernest Khosa ngoLwesine.
Kwingxelo yakhe uNzimande uthe uyayazi kwaye ukhathazeke kakhulu nengxaki ehlala ihleli yokungahlawulwa kwezibonelelo zabafundi nguNSFAS. “Ngenxa yobukhulu bale ngxaki nefuthe layo elibi kwimpilo-ntle yabafundi nokuqhubeka nokusebenza kwenkqubo yethu yemfundo noqeqesho lwasemva kokuphuma kwesikolo, kwezi ntsuku zimbalwa zizayo, umphathiswa uya kube ethatha uthotho lwamanyathelo awongezelelweyo naqinisekileyo, zonke ezo zinto zijonge ukuba ingxaki yokungahlawulwa kwezibonelelo isonjululwe njengento ephambili,” utshilo.
Njengenxalenye yolu “ngcelele lwamanyathelo aqinisekileyo”, uNzimande uthe uyalele iNSFAS, exhaswa lisebe, ukuba iseke ngokukhawuleza igqiza elizimiseleyo eliza kutyelela zonke ii-TVET kholeji neeYunivesithi, apho abafundi bafumana iingxaki ezinkulu ezinxulumene noNSFAS.
Ukanti uthe iqela elijongene nomsebenzi sele liqalile ukusebenza. “Umphathiswa ukwanqwenela ukuthatha eli thuba ukuba axolise ngokungazenzisiyo kubo bonke abafundi abachaphazelekayo ngenkxamleko abathe bayifumana, ngenxa yokungahlawulwa kwezibonelelo,” utshilo UNzimande kwingxelo yakhe
Kusenjalo, iManyano yabafundi yoMzantsi Afrika iSAUS ilamkele eli nyathelo, isithi ukuchithwa kwebhodi yeNSFAS kudala kwagqitywa. Isithethi se-SAUS u-Asive Dlanjwa naye umemelele “uhlengahlengiso olupheleleyo kulawulo lwe-NSFAS”.