The Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB) has awarded additional student loans to 131 first-year students at Chalimbana for the 2025/2026 academic year.
Of the awarded the distribution is as follows:
- 131 at Chalimbana University
HELSB received a total of 641 appeals for student loans consideration from the 2 universities from applicants who were not awarded during the initial awards early this year.
Of the 261appeals received under Chalimbana university 188 are from rural areas while 73 are from urban areas representing 72 percent and 28 percent respectively.
From Kwame Nkrumah 380 appeals were received of which 224 appeals were from applicants from rural areas representing 59 percent and 156 appeals representing 41 percent.
Earlier this year HELSB awarded 660 at Kwame Nkrumah University and 492 at Chalimbana University.
Editor’s Note:
HELSB advertised student loans for school leavers who completed Grade 12 in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
The additional awards bring the numbers to 2,662 at Mulungushi University, 747 at Kwame Nkrumah University and 623 at Chalimbana University for e 2025/2026 academic year.