Higher Education Students' Loans Board

  • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. P.O.Box 76068

  • General call +255 22 286 4643

  • Monday - Friday8:00am - 5:00pm

Partners

Who we are


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:

  1. 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
  2. To collect due loans from loan beneficiaries and use it as revolving fund to sustain operations of the Board
  3. To create synergies through establishing strategic partnerships in student financing ecosystem

Our Vision

To become a reliable and sustainable tertiary education students financier in Tanzania

Tanzania Commission for Universities


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National Examination Council of Tanzania


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National Council for Technical Education


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Ministry of Education, Science and Technology


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Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency


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Zanzibar Higher Education Loan Board


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Association of African Higher Education Financing Agency


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The Office of Treasury Registrar


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Tanzania Social Action Fund


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Social Action Trust Fund


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