1) (a) A total of 143,117 applications were rejected in 2022.
1) (b) Below table presents the rejection reason and count of 2022 applications that have been rejected:
Rejection Reason |
Count |
Applicant is deceased as per DHA records |
4 |
Financially Ineligible (household income exceeds threshold) |
48,549 |
Highest level of qualification at which NSFAS may fund has already been achieved |
18,069 |
Insufficient information provided as a result NSFAS cannot make a funding decision |
65,233 |
Invalid National ID and/or names and surnames provided |
16 |
N+ Rule Exceeded |
10,525 |
Not compliant with the N+ Rule (funding pathway) |
62 |
Not compliant with the Academic Eligibility Criteria |
3 |
Not Eligible for NSFAS funding, funded by another funder |
656 |
Grand Total |
143,117 |
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2. Currently the Department produces the First-Time Entering Undergraduate Cohort Studies for Public Higher Education Institutions Report which provides a national overview of the dropout and throughput rates within the university sector annually. The Department does not follow-up on students who have not succeeded but is considering doing tracer-studies to establish where graduates and those who have dropped-out are doing.