The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has called on all eligible candidates to apply for the funds after it opened the application portal.
In a statement, the loans board encouraged candidates to utilise the rare opportunity and make their applications before the deadline.
HELB went ahead to outline several requirements that candidates will have to provide for the application process to be successful.
According to the HELB, a candidate seeking to apply for financing must have a valid email address and telephone number before embarking on the application process.
They must also have the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) index numbers and year of examination.
Eligible applicants will also be required to provide a copy of a passport-size photo in the form of a jpeg, jpg or png for their application to go sail through.
Just like most application processes, candidates will be required to provide a copy of their National Identification cards or Maisha cards with both sides in PDF format.
For ease in disbursing of the funds by HELB, an applicant must furnish the board with valid bank details or a valid MPESA number which must be registered under the applicant's name and ID number.
If the applicant is under the age of 18 years, then they will be required to provide birth certificates in the form of a PDF as an alternative to the ID requirement.
A Copy of the sponsorship letter in PDF will be required for those sponsored in secondary schools.
HELB's latest message comes five days after it officially opened the application portal to enable eligible students to make their applications.
The decision to open the application portal followed a directive by the Education Cabinet Secretary who ordered the loans board to open its portal for students to apply.
“I direct HELB and the Universities Fund (UF) to open the Higher Education Funding portal on June 15, 2024, to allow the eligible students to apply for funding,” CS Machogu directed.
"I wish to notify all parents, guardians and students that the results of the funding application process will be released on July 31, 2024," he added.
