By PRINCE MABUMBA
MORE than 800 students from Chalimbana and Kwame Nkrumah universities have been awarded student loans by the Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB) for the 2022/2023 academic year.
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The student loans have been awarded to 835 eligible first year students at Chalimbana and Kwame Nkrumah universities.
HELSB senior corporate communications officer Chiselwa Kawanda says, the board had received about 1,565 applications for sponsorship at Chalimbana University, out of which 1,354 applicants were eligible while 211 were ineligible for sponsorship, representing 81 percent and 13 percent, respectively.
Ms Kawanda said the HELSB had received 8 applications from students living with disabilities for sponsorship at Chalimbana University while 7 applications were received for sponsorship at Kwame Nkrumah University.
She said 839 applications were received for sponsorship at Kwame Nkrumah University out of which 725 were eligible and 119 were ineligible for sponsorship representing 86 percent and 14 percent, respectively.
She said the ineligible applicants were because they were pursuing diploma programmes, while others were due to having completed their grade 12 before 2019, non-attachment of required documents to the student loan applications.
She said other reasons were having more than 30 points in 5 subjects, being awarded student loans at other universities and being older than 24.
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