Steps taken by Unisa to assist students affected by late NSFAS disbursements

Unisa acknowledges that some students have been negatively impacted by the late disbursement of NSFAS grants, because their registrations were finalised after the start of the academic semester. We are also aware that many NSFAS grantees are still waiting for their book allowances (sBux). 

Unisa will, therefore, make the following concessions to affected students:

1. Affected students who managed to submit their assignments, but who are not ready to write their examinations during the May / June 2018 examination period, will be allowed to defer (move) their examinations for semester 1 to semester 2, at no cost to themselves.
2. Affected students who failed to submit their assignments will be allowed to cancel their registrations for semester 1, and move their modules to semester 2 without forfeiting fees.
3. Affected students who have progressed sufficiently with their academic programme and are confident that they are ready to write their examinations during the May / June 2018 examination period, still have the opportunity to do so. 
4. Affected students who registered for both semester 1 and semester 2 will be allowed to amend their registration without forfeiting fees.
5. Year modules are not affected, as there is still sufficient academic time left.

Affected students will be contacted individually via e-mail with information on the processes to be followed to exercise the option(s) that they have chosen.

Our recommendation is that students should carefully consider their preparedness for the examination when they decide on which option(s) to select. It is better to postpone or defer a module than taking the risk of writing the examination while being ill-prepared.