GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF STUDENTS’ LOANS AND GRANTS (HELSB) FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
Important Instructions to All Loan Applicants
GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF STUDENTS’ LOANS AND GRANTS (HELSB) FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
All loan applicants for Academic Year 2021/2022 are required to:-
(i) Read and follow application procedures stated in these guidelines;
(ii) Ensure that the Form Four Index Number provided when applying for
loan matches with the one used in your application for admission to
University or College;
(iii) Applicants who seated for Form Four Examinations more than once
are required to list all Form Four Index Numbers used while applying
for loan;
(iv) Ensure that all documents submitted to support your application
have been certied by relevant authorities as specied in these
guidelines;
(v) Ensure that all birth/death certicates are certied by the
Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA), or Zanzibar
Civil Status Registration Agency (ZCSRA) “Wakala wa Usajili wa
Matukio ya Kijamii Zanzibar “or designated ofcer(s) to ascertain
their validity;
(vi) Ensure all Birth certicates for students who were born in foreign
countries and Death Certicates for Tanzanian Parents who died in
foreign countries are certied by respective Embassies located in the
United Republic of Tanzania;
(vii) Ensure that your loan application form is dully lled and signed
before submission;
(viii) Applications must be completed with correct (and accurate) details;
(ix) Each applicant is advised to keep a copy of complete package of
the application form submitted to HESLB for future reference (if
required) and
(x) All applicants must strictly observe the set application deadline.
GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF STUDENTS’ LOANS AND GRANTS (HELSB) FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
OVERVIEW
The Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) was established by HESLB
Act (CAP 178) and became effective in July 2005. HESLB is mandated to,
among others, issue loans and or grants to needy and eligible students.
Application window for Academic Year 2021/2022 will be open from 9th July,
2021 through 31st August, 2021.
3.0 ELIGIBILITY
SHESLB Act and regulations provide for General Eligibility and Criteria for
applicants seeking loans. NEEDY and ELIGIBLE applicants must apply for loans
and/or grants to meet part or full costs of their education.
3.1 Needy Applicant
In addition to general eligibility, additional criteria dene NEEDY
applicant who is not above 35 years of age at the time of application,
also must be/have a poor:-
(i) Orphan who has lost both parents or partial orphan who has
lost one parent. An applicant has to produce a death
certicate approved by RITA or ZCSRA or respective Embassies
located in the United Republic of Tanzania (URT);
(ii) Disabled student with disability shall have to complete and
present a fully Self-Disability Form (SDF-1) to be approved by the
District Medical Ofcer (DMO), Regional Medical Ofcer (RMO)
or any designated medical expert with recognized afliations.
(iii) Parents with disability shall have to present a Parent Disability
Form (PDF-2) to be approved by the District Medical Ofcer
(DMO), Regional Medical Ofcer (RMO) or any designated
medical expert with recognized afliations.
(iv) From lower income household and/or marginalized
community whose secondary school or diploma education
was partially or fully sponsored or supported by recognized
institutions, and/or a community group, and individual(s), who
can present evidence of such support.
All applicants under this sponsorship category, will have to ask
their respective sponsors to ll a Standard Corporate Sponsorship Form (SCSF-3) which shall be downloaded from HESLB
website and upload it along with other attachments in the
application forms. All SCSF-3 will have to be authenticated by a dully
approved signatory and owner of the respective organization.
(v) From lower income household and/or marginalized
community, which is under Special Economic Support
Programs such as Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF). They
should provide the program beneciary’s number and attach
TASAF ID.
3.2 General Eligibility Criteria as Pronounced by the Act
General Eligibility criteria require an applicant to meet the
following: -
(i) Must be Tanzanian;
(ii) Must have applied for a loan through the Online Loan
Application and Management System (OLAMS);
(iii) Must have been admitted to an accredited Higher Education
Institution on full time basis except for Students Admitted at the
Open University of Tanzania (OUT);
(iv) Must not have funding from other sources to nance his/her
education;
(v) For undergraduate applicants, must not have a formal or
regular income from employment, either public or private
sector.
(vi) Must be a continuing student with results/progress reports to
show that he/she has passed the examinations necessary to
enable him/her to advance to the following year or stage of
study;
(vii) For a student’s loan beneciary seeking to re-apply for loan
after dropping out from one programme/college/university)
he/she must repay at least 25% of the previous loan amount
before applying for a new loan. Payment of 25% of the
previously granted loans is not a guarantee for new loans allocations.
GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF STUDENTS’ LOANS AND GRANTS (HELSB) FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
Additional Eligibility Criteria
(i) Loans shall be allocated in the order of established Neediness,
and programme clustering.
(ii) Continuing Students applying for loans for the rst time must
have completed ACSEE or other equivalent qualications
within Five (5) years, i.e. from 2017-2021 inclusive.
(iii) All other applicants who will secure admission to pursue
various degree programmes in the academic year 2021/2022
must have completed their ACSEE or other equivalent
qualications within ve (5) years, i.e. 2017-2021 inclusive.
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