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Helb should increase loans to students

Helb offices in Nairobi

The Higher Education Loans Board offices in Nairobi. Helb should increase loans given to the students to cater for the full payment of tuition fees and their upkeep.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

Varsity funding • Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu’s announcement that the government will soon stop funding public universities spells doom for students from poor families, says Joseph Kimotho. The Higher Education Loans Board (Helb), he pleads, should increase loans given to the students to cater for the full payment of tuition fees and their upkeep. His contact is [email protected].

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