Discriminatory allocation of students financial aid and NASFAS funds

My daughter was subjected to unbearable stress by the admin of UCT. She sent all the documents the admin asked her for to apply for the financial aid and NASFAS. This she did last year. She was told that she will get a response as the admin staff was working from home due to the pandemic restrictions. admittedly so she kept on inquiring about the progress in her inquiries. Nothing came out until this year when she was supposed to register.

Now the committee sat and she is told that she was supposed to have sent the documents she had already sent last. This commission led to her being financially excluded and it caused her miserable emotions. This is in light of proof sent to the University that I, as a father lost my job in 2020 due to COVID. Her mother is not working and an affidavit was sent to support that.

I feel that the University treated her with utmost disdain and could it not been the SRC intervention she was thrown into a waste bin because her parents could not afford the exorbitant fees, accommodation and food for her.

All children must be afforded the same treatment to the right to education. Screening based on not meeting certain documents is secondary to the primary duty to give children access to education through the various financial channels that the government and private sector is giving the University.

I plead that this must come to a stop for many children who are now categorized as the missing middle class.