Africa-Press – Zambia. The Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB) has awarded student loans to 2,481 eligible first year students at the University of Zambia for the 2021/2022 academic year.
According to a statement made available to s24, the board received a total number of 10,682 applications, out of which 6,150 are male while 4,532 are female representing 58% and 42%, respectively.
Of the total number received, 10,485 applicants were eligible for the award of student loans while 197 were ineligible, representing 98% and 2%, respectively.
The board further says, the ineligible applicants are as a result of completing Grade 12 before 2017, non-attachment of required documents to the student loan application, having been already awarded students loans at other Universities and being non-Zambians.
They have further explained that due to budgetary constraints they are unable to award student loans to all eligible applicants for the 2021/2022 academic year.
1,340 of the total awarded applicants are male while 1,141 are female representing 54% and 46%, respectively. Further, 1,040 students awarded are from rural districts while 1,441 are from urban districts representing 42% and 58%, respectively. All the Thirty-Nine (39) applicants living with disabilities have been awarded student loans representing 1.6% of the total awarded applicants.
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