Recovery of Overpayments
Some students may be requested to refund monetary funds
awarded to them in the form of Students' Maintenance Grants.
Students
who have been identified as
having an outstanding amount will be requested to reimburse the outstanding amount after receiving an official overpayment
notice sent to them from
the Students’ Maintenance Grants’ Office.
The
reasons why students may be
requested to refund an amount of students’ maintenance grants received include but are not limited to:
a.
Funds credited to student erroneously
and which were not due to student
b.
Breach of Students’ Maintenance Grants’ regulations, including the 20 hour per week working
limit (in which case all stipends and grants received during that academic year
must be refunded)
c. Students
who resign, fail or discontinue their course of studies; including students who
are not promoted to the next year of studies
d. Students who abandon their course of studies without communicating their
resignation (in which case all stipends and grants received during the academic
year must be refunded)
Students
must take note that on submitting an online application for Students’ Maintenance Grants,
they bind themselves to inform in writing the respective stipends office and/or Institution within
a week of their resignation from the course of studies. The Students’
Maintenance Grants Board reserves the right to determine / revise any amount of
refund due from the students.
Payment Method:
a.
By Cash – Students must visit any
Maltapost plc
branch in Malta & Gozo. The overpayment letter received must be
presented upon payment.
b.
By Cheque – Cheques are to be addressed to Maltapost plc and
sent to P.O. BOX 500 Marsa MTP 1001.
Students are to write their Name, Surname, Reference number and ID number at
the back of the cheque. A copy of the notification must also be enclosed with
the cheque.
Maltapost plc will be issuing a receipt for every
payment. This receipt is official and is to be
safeguarded by the student.
Students may request to settle refunds due by
instalments on reaching an agreement with the Ministry for Education and
Employment. In this case students must contact EduServizz.gov One Stop Shop via freephone 153 and request an appointment with Mr
Simon Farrugia.
Outstanding amounts must be fully settled before commencement
of the next academic year.
Students cannot be deemed eligible to
receive further Students’ Maintenance Grants unless outstanding amounts are
settled in FULL.
Online Application
Students
who have settled their overpayment amount, or who have reached an agreement
with the Ministry for Education and Employment to pay by instalments, are to
upload a copy of the Maltapost receipt to their online application as soon as
this is available to the student.