HIGHER Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) yesterday announced the first batch of 30,675 fresh university students who will be granted loans amounting to 113.5bn/- for academic year 2019/2020..





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During the fiscal year, the government has allocated 450bn/- for 128,285—45,000 fresh and 83,285 continuing students—in higher learning institutions.





HELSB Executive Director Abdul-Razaq Badru told reporters in Dar es Salam yesterday that the board is still appraising applications from the needy and eligible applicants who were recently admitted in varsities during the third window of application.





“The next batch of students who will be issued with loans will be released before the end of next week,” he explained









Mr Badru explained that the government has already allocated the board with 125bn/- for the new and continuing students for the period covering October and December, this year.





The break-down of the first batch indicate that 19,632 of the beneficiaries, representing 64 per cent are males while the remaining 11,043 are females, making 36 per cent.





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The list shows further that 6,142 beneficiaries are either orphans or have lost one parent whilst 277 are from poor families which are being supported by the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF).












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