The Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB) has awarded student loans to 3,752 first-year applicants at the University of Zambia (UNZA), Kapasa Makasa University (KMU), and Zambia University College of Technology (ZUT) for the 2024/2025 academic year.
At UNZA, 3,111 students have been awarded loans out of 5,861 applications received. At KMU, 253 students were awarded loans from 265 applications, while at ZUT, 388 students were awarded from a total of 1,272 applications received.
The awarded students also include individuals living with disabilities. At UNZA, 14 applicants living with disabilities received loans, while 6 applicants were awarded at ZUT.
However, no applications from students living with disabilities were received from KMU.
To ensure equitable access to education financing, HELSB applied the regional balancing eligibility ratio during the selection process.
Source:Myybrytfmonline.com/Zambia Reports
