{"id":53025,"date":"2022-01-10T18:50:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T15:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=53025"},"modified":"2022-01-10T18:50:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T15:50:05","slug":"920-students-awarded-study-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/920-students-awarded-study-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"920 students awarded study loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">By Damali Mukhaye<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">The government has awarded study loans to 920 students in tertiary institutions for the 2021\/2022 academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">Releasing the list at the Uganda Media Center this morning, the Executive Director of the Higher Education Students Financing Board, Micheal Wanyama said the board received applications from over 4,700 students in the first lot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">He says that Parliament released Shs 6.2 billion for this year and the first lot of 920 students will utilize Shs3.8billion while the\u00a0second batch of 600 students slated to be released next month will utilize 2.2 billion shillings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">The board has this time released the lists in two phases after some institutions failed to admit students before the first deadline that elapsed last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">Meanwhile, Wanyama says that for those who have missed out on this opportunity, there is going to be a window of appeal effective today and closing after 7 days with appeal forms availed online.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Damali Mukhaye The government has awarded study loans to 920 students in tertiary institutions for the 2021\/2022 academic year. Releasing the list at the Uganda Media Center this morning, the Executive Director of the Higher Education Students Financing Board, Micheal Wanyama said the board received applications from over 4,700 students in the first lot. He says that Parliament released Shs 6.2 billion for this year and the first lot of 920 students will utilize Shs3.8billion while the\u00a0second batch of 600 students slated to be released next month will utilize 2.2 billion shillings. 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