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Students say they hope the Higher Education Department will soon address their concerns.

Students from various tertiary institutions are hopeful the Higher Education Department will soon address their concerns.

They marched to the department’s offices in Pretoria yesterday to demand their financial allocation from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme . Students at most tertiary institutions across the country initiated a shutdown on their respective campuses in protest against delayed allowance payments.

They are calling for the removal of the four firms that NSFAS has contracted to manage the allocation of funds.

 

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