Former students of the University of Malawi (Unima) and Mzuzu University (Mzuni) owe government are still owing government at least about K1.7 billion ($2.5 million) which they obtained for tuition loans between 1985 and 2012 which the State, through the Higher Education Students’ Loans and Grants Board (HESL&GB) has embarked on the recovery of the […]
Malawi government, through the Higher Education Students’ Loans and Grants Board (HESL&GB) has embarked on the recovery of students’ loans that were accessed between 1985 and 2012. A statement from the Board chaired by Dr Geofrey Chipungu urges all loan beneficiaries within the said period to verify with the Board’s Secretariat on the status of […]
Concerned students at Chancellor College, a constituent College of University of Malawi have started an initiative aimed at raising funds to help the needy students, whose family cannot manage to raise tuition fee as well as upkeep allowances for them despite the fact that these helpless students have made it into the corridors of Chilunga. […]
Higher Education Students’ Loans and Grants Board has approved additional 373 needy students to get loans. It means, a total of 4474 will benefit this year as K1, 255,000,000 will be disbursed to the needy students, said a statement issued by Chris Chisoni the executive director of Higher Education Students Loan and Grants Board . “ […]
Governance activist Chris Chisoni who was National Secretary at the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) has quit his job. Chisoni is with the Higher Education Students Loan and Grants Board as its Executive Director. He says he leaves the CCJP, which is Catholic arm of Episcopal Conference of Malawi arm, a happy person having […]
Students Union Leaders from public universities in Malawi on Thursday afternoon delivered a petition to Parliament, demanding adequate funding for the newly established Higher Education Students Grants and Loan Board to enable it include more needy students to access to loans. The Board’s national fiscal budget allocation is currently at K1.5 billion and has released names of […]
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has made some changes on fees paid in both secondary schools and public universities. Changes that are with immediate effect in the 2015/2016 academic year, includes abolishing of sponsorship towards students pursuing studies in public universities. Lonely Magreta, Secretary for Education, Science and Technology, announced the changes on Saturday in […]
Students selected to pursue their studies in all government funded Teacher Training Colleges (TTC) will start paying school fees effective 2015/2016 Academic Year. The Malawi Government through Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has introduced school fees in TTCs following the upward revision of school fees at various levels of education and abolition of policy […]
Higher Education Students’ Loans and Grants Board Chairperson Dr Geofrey Chipungu said Thursday that the institution has secured MK1.5billion ($3million) from government to provide loans and grants to needy students in public and private universities in Malawi in the 2015/16 academic year. He said in the capital Lilongwe that the funds given to the board […]