Diploma students now eligible for government loans

Students pursuing diploma courses in line with national priority areas will soon start receiving educational loans following the scheduled amendments of the Higher Education Students' Loan Board Act contained in the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) No 4 Bill of 2016, writes Rose Athumani for Tanzania Daily News.

The Minister for Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Professor Joyce Ndalichako, told members of the parliamentary constitution and legal affairs committee that the move will allow inclusion of the diploma cadre that had been missing out on the opportunity.

Ndalichako underscored the importance of the diploma cadre, especially those pursuing national priority courses, in pushing forward the fifth phase government's industrialisation agenda just as is the case with degree holders.
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