FASSET Bursary for Outstanding Fees 2025 | 2026 |Bursaries Covering Outstanding Fees South Africa. The FASSET Bursary for outstanding fees 2025/2026 is open for applications
FASSET says “Applications are now open for the 2025 & 2026 Outstanding Study Debt Repayment Programme!”
If you have outstanding study debt and meet the criteria, this is your opportunity to get support from FASSET.
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A bit About Fasset
Fasset is the Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority. The finance and accounting services sector is particularly important because it is the largest employer of people with financial management, accounting, and auditing skills. In 2018 more than 168 000 people worked in the sector. The demarcation and definition of this sector differs in the different data sources available, as well as in different environments.
In the national accounts and in employment surveys conducted by Statistics South Africa (such as the Labour Force Survey (LFS)) the sector includes real estate activities and an array of other business services such as labour brokerages, information technology services, legal services, and engineering and architectural services. The Financial and Accounting Services Sector refers to the organisations served by Fasset. This sector includes: investment entities and trusts and company secretary services; stockbroking and financial markets; financial development organisations; accounting, bookkeeping, auditing and tax services; business and management consulting services; the South African Revenue Service; the national and provincial treasuries; and other activities auxiliary to financial intermediation, such as debt collection.
FASSET Outstanding Study Debt Repayment Bursary 2025/2026
Selection Criteria for 2025/2026 Fasset Bursaries
- Applicant must currently be employed within the FASSET sector/ professionals affiliated with professional bodies within the FAS Sector/ cross-sectoral employers/NGOs and COBs. Applicants must have completed a qualification relevant to the FAS Sector.
- Applicant that are unemployed must have completed a qualification relevant to the FAS Sector.
- Employed applicant earning R660 000 or less per annum will be eligible and unemployed applicants should be coming from a household income of R1 000 000 or less per annum will also be eligible.
- Applicant with an outstanding loan at NSFAS or higher public learning institutions which was used to fund a completed qualification relevant to FAS Sector.
- Settlement amount is limited to R80 000 per applicant per year.
- Approval will be on first come first served basis limited to budget availability.
- Please refer to Section F for compulsory documents required and must be submitted in PDF format.
- FASSET reserves the rights to decline all applications with outstanding documents. (Refer to Section F).
- Communication will be sent to successful applicants.
Closing Date for FASSET Outstandind Debt Repayment Bursary 2025/2026
Closing Date: 27 February 2026 at midnight (00:00)
How to Apply for FASSET Bursary for outstanding fees 2025/2026
Complete the Application Form online and submit it to the bursary provider. You may also apply for African Global Skills Academy Bursary to cover your study debt for 2025.
