Windhoek: The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) on Tuesday met with student body organisations to discuss ongoing delays in the disbursement of student tuition and non-tuition funds. Representatives of the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) walked out of the meeting after rejecting the disbursement timelines tabled by the fund and mobilised students and members of the public to gather at Government Park on Friday for their planned protest.According to Namibia Press Agency, Nanso spokesperson Jessy Abraham stated that the organisation would not continue engagements with NSFAF, after the fund failed to meet its previous commitments to release the funds in April this year. 'We will not negotiate with NSFAF any further. They committed dates in the past which they failed to honour,' said Abraham.Nanso president Dorothea Nangolo highlighted that some students are unable to attend classes or sit for examinations due to the disbursement delays, which have caused widespread frustration amongst parents and students. In a separate interview with Nampa, Bernhard Kavau of the Students Union of Namibia (SUN) stressed that despite the fund committing to release the funds in April, many students have not received their allowances yet and yet they're expected to be on campus every day.'We currently have students who can't afford to go to and from classes and some who can't write exams because they're required to pay off a 60 per cent deposit to sit for exams,' said Nangolo. A student leader who wished to remain anonymous raised concerns about the psychological toll on the affected students, noting that the delay in disbursing said funds has left many under stress and financial strain.Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, in a media statement on Wednesday, said the government remains committed to ensuring access to higher education. It said payments have been processed since April and advance payments were made to institutions to facilitate student re gistration. The ministry further stated that a payment strategy has been introduced to ensure non-tuition fees are disbursed weekly starting from the second week of June.Efforts to obtain comment from NSFAF were unsuccessful.