Johannesburg - Student trading book vouchers for cash and scams on campuses were some of the reasons that led to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme scrapping the book vouchers scheme at tertiary institutions.
“Students were trading the book vouchers for cash outside many shops. The voucher system was limited to selected merchants that monopolised the student market,” he said. The minister also pointed out that R5000 was the monetary value of the learning materials allowance received by each full-time NSFAS student on the new Department of Higher Education and Training bursary scheme for the 2019 academic year.
The minister agreed that there was a concern that book sales had declined with the change in the policy.
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