Cutting OSAP red tape
Glen Murray, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, speaks with professor Carolyn Eyles, third from left, and students in the Integrated Science Program. Murray was on campus Monday to announce a streamlined OSAP process called OSAP Express.
Ontario is cutting the red tape and streamlining the application process for full-time college and university students seeking help from the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).
This year, the government has introduced OSAP Express, a streamlined application process for the over 300,000 OSAP applicants and recipients. OSAP Express:
- Requires a student to sign a loan agreement only once throughout their entire postsecondary studies.
- Speeds up the enrolment verification process and direct deposit options.
- Means no more lining up for hours, multiple times per semester of every year at financial aid offices.
In addition to a streamlined application process for OSAP, students will benefit from the new 30% Off Ontario Tuition grant. The grant helps keep the cost of postsecondary education affordable by offering refunds of $1,680 to students in university or college degree programs and $770 to students in college diploma and certificate programs.
“Our goal is to help make postsecondary education more accessible for students,” said Glen Murray, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities. “We’ve been listening to students and this year they will no longer have to wait in long lines to apply for or receive their OSAP funding.”
Helping Ontario students with the cost of university, college or an apprenticeship is part of the government’s plan to keep postsecondary education within all families’ reach, while building the best-educated workforce in the world.
