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Tanzania:
No Student Will Miss Out in Loans - Magufuli
Citizen, 22 October 2016
President John Magufuli yesterday assured the nation that all deserving students admitted to higher learning institutions in the country would be issued with loans. Read more »
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Tanzania:
JPM Wants Strict Loan Issuance
Daily News, 22 October 2016
PRESIDENT John Magufuli has directed the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training to seal the loopholes in the current grading and come up with the best… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Students' Loans Board Receives Less Funds
Citizen, 19 October 2016
Higher Education Students' Loans Board (HESLB) has received only Sh80.9 billion instead of Sh121 billion in the first quarter, meaning a number of students could miss out in… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Billions From Ghost Students Recovered
Citizen, 6 October 2016
At least Sh2.6 billion of the Sh3.8 billion that was issued as loans to ghost students has been recovered, Education Minister Prof Joyce Ndalichako said yesterday. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Loans Board 'Spend Money on Itself Not Students'
Daily News, 1 September 2016
Higher Education Students' Loans Board (HESLB) came under condemnation here yesterday, with the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) questioning its administrative… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Loans Board, Please Put Your House in Order!
Citizen, 28 August 2016
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." These are wise words of the late Nelson Mandela. Another renowned American Politician, Brad Henry at… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Universities Ordered to Repay Sh3.8 Billion Issued to Over 2,000 'Ghost students'
Citizen, 18 August 2016
The government on Wednesday gave 31 higher learning institutions seven days to return Sh3.8 billion in loans issued to over 2,000 "ghost students" in 2015/16. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Govt Suspends 2,192 Student Loans
Daily News, 18 August 2016
The government has suspended loans for 2,192 students from various universities who did not show up for verification and ordered their respective institutions to return the funds… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Set Up Database to Ensure HESLB Money Is Paid Back
Citizen, 15 July 2016
The Higher Education Students' Loans Board (HESLB) has given over 2,700 students a seven-day ultimatum to verify their identities and other vital information; in an effort to weed… Read more »