NSFAF funding cuts hit medical students
More than 200 Namibian students accepted into medical and health-related programmes abroad face uncertainty after NSFAF rejected their funding applications. The students were met with rejection letters for both tuition and non-tuition fees on grounds that their fields are not on the priority list for funding. The letters, issued by Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, […] The post NSFAF funding cuts hit medical students appeared first on The Namibian .
More than 200 Namibian students accepted into medical and health-related programmes abroad face uncertainty after NSFAF rejected their funding applications.
The students were met with rejection letters for both tuition and non-tuition fees on grounds that their fields are not on the priority list for funding.
The letters, issued by Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture executive director Erastus Haitengela and seen by The Namibian yesterday, state that: “Kindly note that the course you have applied for does not appear on our priority field of study list; awards will only be granted to applicants studying towards priority fields of studies.”
One of the affected students, Angelina Thikundeko, yesterday said she was shocked to learn that medical fields, which have always been regarded as priority fields, are suddenly non-priority.
