UTech, Ja Student Handbook 2019-2020

tronically to the Students Receivable Unit, in order for the student’s account to be updated. 4. The student is then required to pay the remaining tuition/miscellaneous fees required for enrolment. 5. Staff members may also make arrange- ments via a staff guarantee to pay out- standing fees for staff or dependents, through salary deduction 6. This arrangement is made through the Student Debt Recovery Unit and must be approved by the Director of Student Financing / the Receivables Accountant and the Payroll Department. 7. Where a staff member sets up an approved payment arrangement via salary deduction to settle 100% of balance outstanding, the student may receive financial clearance and be exempted from the facility fees. F E E P AY M E N T P R O C E D U R E S F O R E A R N & S T U D Y S T U D E N T S 1. Students employed on the University's Earn & Study Programme are allowed to make tuition and boarding payment via the Earn & Study Tuition Payment Agree- ment. 2. This agreement will allow students to receive financial clearance for enrolment or boarding, by committing to pay these fees from future earnings under the Earn & Study Programme. 3. Students who do not adhere to the terms and conditions of the agreement are sub- ject to all penalties applied to students with outstanding balances. 4. Interested students can make this arrange- ment through the Student Welfare Unit in the Financial Aid Office. 5. Arrangements will be made by the Student Welfare Office to collect the tuition pay- ments at source, for each payroll period, until the full commitment is honoured. G U I D E L I N E S F O R T U I T I O N R E B AT E A N D C A S H P R I Z E R AT I O N A L E In a bid to augment our fee payment offerings to students, the University of Technology, Ja. has implemented an initiative to recognize and reward students who attend to their tuition requirements in full and on-time each semester. As such, for semester one of the 2019/20 aca- demic year, students who pay 100% of their tuition and miscellaneous fees by the Census Date of Friday, September 13, 2019, will be eli- gible to win one of 10 prizes of J$25,000.00 each. This cash prize is in addition to the award of a 2% rebate for all students who pay in full and on-time. Both the Rebate and the cash prize will be offered in semesters 1 and 2, but only the rebate will be offered in the summer session of the 2019/20 academic year. U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E C H N O L O G Y , J A M A I C A – S T U D E N T H A N D B O O K 2 0 1 9 – 2 0 2 0 S T U D E N T F I N A N C I A L S E R V I C E S 90