The Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) is a body corporate established under Act No.9 of 2004 (as amended in 2007, 2014 and 2016) with the objective of assisting needy and eligible Tanzania students to access loans and grants for higher education.
The main mandates of HESLB include:
- To assist, on a loan basis, needy students who secure admission in accredited higher learning institutions, but who have no economic power to pay for the costs of their education
- To collect due loans from loan beneficiaries and use it as revolving fund to sustain operations of the Board
- To create synergies through establishing strategic partnerships in student financing ecosystem
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL HESLB DEGREE LOAN APPLICANTS 2024/2025
(i) Read and follow application procedures stated in these Guidelines for loan application 2024/2025;
(iii) Applicants who sat for Form Four Examination more than once are required to list all Form Four Index Numbers;
(iv) All documents submitted to support application should be certified by relevant authorities as specified in these Guidelines
(v) Ensure that all birth/death certificates are certified by the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA), or Zanzibar Civil Status Registration Agency (ZCSRA) to ascertain their validity;
(vii) Ensure that loan application form is dully filled and signed before submission;
(viii) Ensure that bank account details are properly filled in the application form. It should be noted that, if successful, the supplied bank details will be used to process payment, and therefore, they may not be changed without prior notice to HESLB;
(ix) Applicants should provide a registered and reachable mobile phone number. The provided mobile phone number will be used to inform the applicant on the loan application progress; and
(x) All applicants must strictly observe the set application deadline.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL DIPLOMA HESLB LOAN APPLICANTS
All Diploma loan applicants for Academic Year 2024/2025 are required to observe the following:-
(i) Read and follow application procedures stated in this Guideline for the 2024/2025 Academic Year;
(ii) Ensure that the Form Four Index Number provided when applying for a loan matches the one used in your application for admission to College;
(iii) Ensure that the application form with the Agreement is duly signed by Local Government Authority Leaders, the Applicant’s guarantor and the Commissioner for Oaths;
(iv) Ensure that the online loan application form is dully filled and signed before submitting it to HESLB;
(v) Ensure that all birth/death certificates are certified by the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA), or Zanzibar Civil Status Registration Agency (ZCSRA) to ascertain their validity;
(vi) Applicants born abroad should obtain a letter from RITA or ZCSRA to validate birth information.
Applicants whose parent(s) died abroad should also obtain a letter from RITA or ZCSRA to validate the information provided;
(vii) Ensure that bank account details are correctly filled in the application form. It should be noted that the applicant’s name must match the Bank’s information.
(viii) Applicants with mobile phones are advised to fill in their mobile phon number and National Identification Number (NIN) during loan application.
(ix) All applicants must strictly observe the set loan application deadline
Important Instructions To All Loan Applicants 2024
