The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) loan interest rated have been ruled unconstitutional by the high court, pitting the lender against university students who rely on institution to fund their education. According to the High Court, the lender contravened Article 43 (1) (e) and (f) and
Deputy President William Ruto has promised to convert Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) into a grant if elected president. This, according to the DP, will help thousands of varsity students struggling with the payment of the loan amidst the high rate of unemployment in Kenya. "We want
More than 109,000 former university students defaulted on their Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) loans in the wake of COVID-19. This has been anchored on the slow pace of economic recovery with the continued layoffs and some businesses that had shut doors failing to recover. In 2020,
Students with outstanding loans from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) are now a happy lot after the state corporation announced 100 percent COVID-19 penalty waiver effective March 1, 2022 to April 30, 2022 for those planning to fully repay the loan. HELB Chief Executive CPA
A bill that proposed to slash interest charged on student loans to three percent and increasing the grace period for repayment to five years has been rejected by the National Assembly’s Education Committee on different grounds. In its report, the National Assembly’s Education committee rejected the
