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HIGHER EDUCATION LOANS’ SCARCITY Is there a thing that is more significant than education? Daily activities of humans are driven by skills and knowledge that can be acquired formally or informally. This signifies the fact that nobody deserves to be denied a right to education for it is an ultimate enlightenment. Efforts have been made globally to ensure that majority of the citizens are educated although there are many challenges. Education in Tanzania has progressed in a decorated manner so far for it has been made easy and enforced from lower levels. Students can study primary and secondary education for free as the government tends to pay all expenses even if there are very minor expenses that may likely occur and require a student to contribute something; always a very small amount of money. Students study and progress to the highest level; where the problem of this season rises. I.e. Students loans for higher learning studies. What should be done? You will ask yourself the same question when you see the efforts and dreams of majorities get wasted just because of the failure to pay for higher learning studies’ expenses. The government of
Tanzania has done what it says ‘a lot’ for these students and it has ensured that the well-deserved students are likely the ones that will be provided with loans basing on the criteria they use. Orphans are top priority, poor students, disabled ones as well as science takers are prior in the loan provision process. If you studied in private secondary schools, you are rich- you can afford the expenses!! This is the core problem in loans provision. So the problem is loans! And the solution is unknown until the next issue but bare in your mind that loans need to be provided to the students as long as they demand them. By applying for a loan, a student needs to be certified as he or she is in demand and has the right to be provided with a loan as long as he or she meets all criteria of being a student at a certain education institution. What is the actual solution to this problem? What strategies should HESLB (higher education students’ loan board) use? What should be done by non-governmental organizations to participate in accomplishment of HESLB objectives? Don’t miss next edition of kb magazine limitless knowledge; the answers will be there. LIMITLESS KNOWLEDGE AUG 2018