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Join Our Telegram Group The government has been urged to deliver JSS books as President Ruto dismisses reports of HELB being broke. The government has been implored to urgently deliver all textbooks that will are required in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) to ensure smooth running in those institutions. The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) […]
Join Our Telegram Group Embakasi Member of Parliament (MP) has vowed to join in and even mobilize university students from all counties across the country to protest against hiking university fees. Babu Owino was speaking during a homecoming party held for Luanda MP Dick Maungu in Vihiga County. Owino said that students should be willing […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has issued the following instructions on how to apply for HELB Loans for nursing students. RE: ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION FUND AMREF Health Africa (AHA) with funding from Johnson and Johnson Foundation has partnered with HEB to implement a sustainable education financing program in Kenya targeting […]
Moi University Students’s association leaders have called on President William Samoei Ruto to push the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to appropriately release funds to their bank accounts. Moi University Students Organization (MUSO) President Kepha Erick Opass has revealed that students have not received their HELB loans. “As students, we are disappointed with the current […]
The Nairobi High Court has ruled that the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) interests and penalties should not exceed the principal amount.. High Court judge Alfred Mabeya ruled in the lawsuit filed by Anne Mugure, Davis Nguthu and Wangui Wachira in 2021 and declared that Section 15 of the HELB Act was not constitutional. “A […]
The Principal Secretary in the State Department for Vocational and Technical Training Dr Margaret Mwakima has revealed that the government is committed to building a Technical and Vocational Training Centre (TVET) in every constituency countrywide. According to the PS, there are only 46 constituencies at the moment that do not have TVET institutions. “The government […]
His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta has declined to extend the grace period for repaying the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) loans. President Uhuru communicated this via a memorandum sent o the National Assembly speaker Justin Muturi where he revealed that he wants the current terms to stay. Besides, the […]
According to the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placements Services (KUCCPS), fifteen thousand 2021 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) ignored placement to universities. Those who ignored placement to university will not be able to get government sponsorship and scholarships through various funding organizations with the Higher Education Loans Boards (HELB) being the main one. […]
The Principal Secretary of State Department for University Education and Research, Ambassador Simon Nabukwesi has called on Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) beneficiaries to pay up outstanding balances to help in making funds available for the growing cases of needy students. According to Nabukwesi, defaulters owe HELB billions which he claimed could be sufficient to […]
For many years, Teacher Training College (TTC) students have never received loans from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) because of not being considered government-sponsored. According to section 56 of the Universities Act, the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) is mandated to coordinate how government-sponsored students to universities and colleges. This puts […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) are pushing for changes to the Higher Education Loans Board among them the removal of the age limit for loan applicants who are joining universities. Homa Bay Member of Parliament Peter Kaluma revealed that many student loan applicants have been turned away during university applications because of not having Identify Cards […]