Prof Adolf Mkenda, the minister for Education Science and Technology made this announcement when launching guidelines for loan applications for the 2022/23 academic year, noting that the team will review loan disbursements for the past five years.
Prof Allen Mushi, deputy vice chancellor at Mzumbe University will lead the team, whose recommendations to the ministry shall enable the government to make the relevant decisions, he said.
“This team will advise us on the best way to issue loans and address challenges appearing in the past,” he said, while the Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) opened doors for loan applications for the next academic year 2022/23.
HESLB executive director Abdulrazaq Badru said the board is conducting a sensitization campaign for 90 days, for the proper filling of forms for loan application, to be carried in 19 National Service camps now hosting students.
The board will set up call centres to respond to complaints raised during the 70 days in which applications will be received, with the minister underlining that the government has set aside 3.0bn/- for scholarships to be handed to 500 students with good pass rates.
They will be pursuing courses that are in line with government priorities including those studying Kiswahili, with priority courses being biomedical and engineering courses, he said, specifying that the scope of loans is pegged at 573bn/- for 205,000 students.
In the 2021/22 academic year a total of 183.8bn/- was…
