{"id":14847,"date":"2021-03-12T18:28:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/2020-was-a-mess-but-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-03-20T11:08:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T09:08:33","slug":"registration-deadline-further-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/registration-deadline-further-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration deadline further extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To <strong>First Time Entering Students<\/strong> and <strong>Returning Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Higher Education and Training requested that, due to the NSFAS issues which&nbsp;had a direct impact on the registration of qualifying First Time Entering Students and Returning Students, <strong>institutions extend their registration period by two weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At Sol Plaatje University, the registration period for First Time Entering Students (on campus \u2013 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2OR5tw3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>see<\/strong> <strong>the attached guide<\/strong><\/a><\/span>) and Returning Students (online \u2013 see guide <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3d5VrkR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/span>) <strong>is extended to Wednesday, 31 March 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>following categories of Returning Students<\/strong> will be allowed to register with effect from Monday 15 March 2021 to 19 March 2021:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 1 \u2013 NSFAS RETURNING STUDENTS (Including potential graduates)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students who were funded by NSFAS in 2020 \u2013 the Registration block to be lifted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 2 &#8211; PENDING NSFAS APPROVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students who previously applied for funding (2018, 2019) and are still awaiting approval by NSFAS \u2013 Registration block to be lifted if all modules were passed in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 3 \u2013 OTHER FUNDED STUDENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students funded by other funders (e.g. SETAs) who have accumulated historic debt will need to follow the registration guidelines found<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3rNLAV6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> (i.e., sign the AOD and make payment arrangements).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 4 \u2013 SELF FUNDED STUDENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Self-funded students who passed all their modules in 2020 and qualify for the undergraduate financial assistance will have their tuition fee debt cleared.<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3d5VrkR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Registration guidelines<\/a><\/span><\/strong> will apply to the remaining debt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 5 \u2013 POST GRADUATE STUDENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full time post graduate students may apply for a Postgraduate Merit Bursary as stipulated in the policy on the website. Part time postgraduate students need to follow the registration guidelines on the website.<\/p>\n<p>We trust that these accommodations will assist our students in completing the registration process for the 2021 academic year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To First Time Entering Students and Returning Students The Minister of Higher Education and Training requested that, due to the NSFAS issues which&nbsp;had a direct impact on the registration of qualifying First Time Entering Students and Returning Students, institutions extend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/registration-deadline-further-extended\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,57],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-14847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-spu-student-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14847"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14848,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14847\/revisions\/14848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14847"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=14847"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=14847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}