FUNDING for next year’s (2021) tertiary education study assistance Scheme (TESAS) and higher education loan programme (HELP) are available now, Fr Jan Czuba says.
The Department of Higher Education, Science, Research and Technology (DHERST) secretary told a press conference recently that the Government had allocated K230 million for Help and K37 million for TESAS.
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“We are blessed that we have the Help programme and this is a big help to students that cannot afford to pay,” Fr Jan said.
“We didn’t receive as much as required.
“K68 million was required but we got K37 million.
“Tesas is important because our prime minister wants to encourage students to study hard and academic competition is very important.
“I think we can negotiate some amendments with our Government for Tesas.”
Earlier, Fr Jan said 6,637 students applied for Help this year and K28,109,457 was paid by the Government.
He said it was likely that the number of students that would apply for Help next year would increase because this year would be the first year.
“Students from institutions that are registered with DHERST are eligible to apply for the help programme,” Fr Jan said.
He said students had to demonstrate that they were enrolled in a registered institution in order to apply.
“Help cannot be given to students until such time we have confirmation from the institution that the student has enrolled under the institution,” he said.
The HELP initiative aims to enhance and increase the quality of higher education and ensure continuous access to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees available to eligible students.
It is not compulsory and students can choose whether or not to apply.
Source: The National Newspaper/ By JINA AMBA
