Download Mwongozo wa Utoaji Mikopo HESLB 2025/2026

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

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL LOAN APPLICANTS

All loan applicants for the Academic Year 2025/2026 are required to observe the following:

(i) Read and follow the application procedures stated in these Guidelines,

(ii) Applicants with National Identification Numbers are encouraged to provide them during application,

(iii) All documents submitted to support the application should be certified by relevant authorities as specified in these Guidelines,

(iv) 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,

(v) 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

(vi) All foreign entry qualifications must be evaluated and approved by the relevant authority (NECTA/ NACTVET/TCU), and upon application, the equivalent index number provided should be declared,

(vii) Ensure the bank account number submitted is active and carries the same name as that on the application form. The respective bank account details must be correctly filled in the application form,

(viii) 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 payment process,

(ix) Ensure that the online loan application form is duly filled and page numbers two (2) and five (5) are signed as required before submission,

(x) Applicants must review the entire application form and make corrections (where necessary) before submission,

(xi) To provide any of the following:

National Identification Number (NIN)
Zanzibar Resident ID
Voter’s Registration card or
Driving License

(xii) All applicants must strictly observe the set loan application deadline,

(xiii) Any identified forgery will disqualify the applicant from the whole application process for the respective academic year, and subject him/her to other necessary legal actions; and

(xiv) Applicants are advised to make follow-up of their application process results through their SIPA accounts.