HESLB: New Guidelines and criteria for 2022/23

Important Instructions to All Loan Applicants
All loan applicants for Academic Year 2022/2023 are required to:-

Important Instructions to All Loan Applicants
All loan applicants for Academic Year 2022/2023 are required to:-

1. Read and follow application procedures stated in these guidelines;Ensure that the Form Four Index Number provided when applying for loan matches with the one used in your application for admission to University or College;
2. Applicants who seated for Form Four Examinations more than once are required to list all Form Four Index Numbers used while applying
3. for loan;
4. Ensure that all documents submitted to support your application have been certi­ed by relevant authorities as speci­ed in these guidelines;
5. Ensure that all birth/death certi­cates are certi­ed by the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA), or Zanzibar Civil Status Registration Agency (ZCSRA) “Wakala wa Usajili wa Matukio ya Kijamii Zanzibar “or designated of­cer(s) to ascertain their validity; 
6. Ensure all Birth certi­cates for students who were born in foreign countries and Death Certi­cates for Tanzanian Parents who died in foreign countries are certi­ed by respective Embassies located in the United Republic of Tanzania;
7. Ensure that your loan application form is dully ­lled and signed before submission;
8. Applications must be completed with correct (and accurate) details;
9. Each applicant is advised to keep a copy of complete package of the application form submitted to HESLB for future reference (if required) and
10. All applicants must strictly observe the set application deadline.

OVERVIEW

The Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) was established by HESLB Act (CAP 178) and became effective in July 2005. HESLB is mandated to, among others, issue loans and or grants to needy and eligible students.

ELIGIBILITY

HESLB Act and regulations provide for General Eligibility and Criteria for
applicants seeking loans. NEEDY and ELIGIBLE applicants must apply for loans and/or grants to meet part or full costs of their education.

GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF STUDENTS’ LOANS AND GRANTS FOR THE
2022/2023 ACADEMIC YEAR

1. The Guidelines and Criteria for Issuance of loans for 2022/2023Mwongozo kwa Kiswahili bonyeza hapa
2. Guidelines and Criteria in English click here