HELB Application Forms, HELB loan status, and loan disbursement
Visit the links
below to access the Higher Education Loans Board Kenya – HELB Loan application
forms and check your HELB loan status, disbursement, and repayment in Kenya for
all categories ie First-time Applicants, Postgraduate / Continuing
Education, Scholarship Forms…etc
HELB Website: http://www.helb.co.ke/
HELB Loan
Application Forms
HELB Loans and
Bursaries links, Click the links as follows:
1. Apply for a Loan – Helb
application forms
2. Apply for a
Bursary – Helb bursary application
3. Apply for
Scholarship – Helb scholarship application
Helb Loan Status –
Helb Loan Disbursement Status
4. Enquiries – Helb
Enquiris
5. Loan Status – Helb
Loan Status
Helb Loan Repayment
Status
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4. Student Guide
5. Employer
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HELB Loan Website:
www.helb.co.ke and Contacts
Physical Address: University Way, Anniversary Towers, 18th
Floor,
Postal Address: P.O. Box 69489 – 00400, NAIROBI, Kenya.
Tel: +254 711 052 000 020 2278000
Website: http://www.helb.co.ke
I forgot the HELB
student Login Password
If you have forgotten
your HELB Student Login Password
- Visit this LINK
- Click on “Forgot Password?” link
- Enter your email address to reset your
password
- An activation link will be sent to your
registered email address where you will be prompted to change the
password.
HELB Account
Recovery/Update
The recovery form is
for users who want to recover their HELB Students’ Portal Credentials or change
their ID. No., email, or password.
To access the form:
- Click on “Unable to login?” link in the
https://portal.helb.co.ke/auth/signin
- Select ID. No. Or Email and Enter The
Corresponding Value then click search
- A popup window will appear telling you to
confirm If The Following Details Describe You
Names: ——
Phone No: ——-
Email: —–
Reg. No: ——– - Click on the necessary option to proceed
- Complete the options in the new window and
recovery details will be sent to your email address
HELB Loan E-mail
Addresses:
Loan Repayment
enquiries:-
recovery_enquiry@helb.co.ke
Employers forward
monthly Loan repayment schedules:-
remittance@helb.co.ke
Disbursement, Bursary and loan Awards Enquiries:– lending@helb.co.ke
Apply for Advertised Jobs at HELB:- Jobads@helb.co.ke
Complaints should be channeled to: complaints@helb.co.ke
HELB Loan: Helb
awards loans to the following categories of students:
HELB Loan for
Diploma and Certificate Students
Students pursuing
Diploma and Certificate courses in Public universities, university colleges,
public national polytechnics and Institutes of Technology and Technical
Training institutes country-wide are eligible for TVET loan and bursary.
Orphans, single parent
students and others who come from poor backgrounds will be given priority for
the loans and or bursaries.
HELB Loan for
Undergraduate Government or Self Sponsored Students
Students pursuing
undergraduate programmees in Public universities and university colleges are
eligible to apply for Direct Entry Students Loans. These loans are for students
joining public or private universities/colleges within the East African
Community directly from high school either through the KUCCPS or as
self-sponsored.
HELB Loan for Post
Graduate students
HELB awards
scholarships to postgraduate students pursuing their Masters or Doctoral
studies. The award is based on academic merit. Scholarships are allocated to
universities every year, based on the population of their student. The
application period is April to July every year and the beneficiaries are
announced before the beginning of the academic year in September. Applicants
are required to pay a processing fee of kshs 3,000
HELB Loan
Application Requirements
Helb Applicants are
required to have the following before applying for HELB loan:
- A Copy of your National Identification
card. HELB uses your ID No to identify an applicant. You will also use
your national Id No when creating an account.
- A valid bank account. Students who qualify
for loan awards will have their personal bank accounts credited before the
beginning of each Semester. Students are advised to open accounts in the
following collaborating banks:
- Kenya
Commercial Bank
- National
Bank of Kenya
- Kenya Post Office Savings Bank (Postbank)
- Cooperative
Bank of Kenya
- Equity
Bank.
- KRA pin from the Kenya Revenue Authority.
The Pin helps the board to track its loanee’s. It is therefore an
important element in the application process.
- Your Parent (s)/ guardian particulars.
This includes name, marital status, level of education, and source of
income, employee details, current pay slip and employee No. (If employed).
- Your Parents Death certificate (If not
existing).
- Copy of letter of admission to the
university/college.
- Copies of two guarantors’ ID’s.
- Three Recent colored passport size
photograph
HELB Application:
First Time Undergraduate Helb Loan Application (Used in 2016/2017 Academic
year)
The Higher Education
Loans Board invites applications for the 2016-2017 First Time Undergraduate
Loan from Kenyans admitted into Government of Kenya-Sponsored or Self-Sponsored
Programs in Public or Private Universities in Kenya and the East African
Community that are recognized by the Commission for University Education [CUE].
HELB Loan
Application – Eligible students:
- Government of Kenya-Sponsored
undergraduate Students placed by Kenya Universities & Colleges Central
Placement Service and admitted by the universities. - Direct Entry Undergraduate Self-Sponsored
Students.
How to Apply for a
HELB Loan – HELB Loan Application Guide / Instructions
- Applicants should access and fill the
2016-2017 First Time Undergraduate Loan Application Form [LAF] from the
HELB website www.helb.co.ke.
- Print TWO copies of the duly filled Loan
Application Form.
- Have the form appropriately filled, signed
and stamped by the relevant authorities and guarantors.
- Sign the form and attach all the necessary
documents as indicated in the checklist appearing on the last page of the
LAF.
- Present the two copies of the LAF to one
of the listed banks that you have opened an account with, for verification
and insertion of your bank account details.
- Leave one copy of the LAF and all the
attached support documents with the bank for free delivery to the Board OR
drop it personally at the Board’s Office on 18th floor, Anniversary Towers
OR in the following Huduma centers nearest to you:- Nairobi GPO, Kakamega,
Eldoret, Nakuru, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nyeri, Embu, Machakos, Kisii, Bungoma,
Turkana, Meru and Kitui.
- Retain one copy of the duly filled LAF
(Mandatory).
Please ensure that you
read, understand and follow the instructions provided at the beginning of
the online loan application process. The closing date for the
loan application is September 30th, 2015.
For more information
please contact:
The Chief Executive
Officer/Board Secretary
Higher Education Loans Board at
lending@helb.co.ke
About Higher
Education Loans Board – HELB Kenya
The Higher Education
Loans Board, HELB, is the leading financier of higher education in Kenya. It is
a State Corporation under the then Ministry of Higher Education, Science and
Technology. HELB was established by an Act of Parliament (Cap 213A) in 1995.The
mandate of the Board is to disburse loans, bursaries and scholarship to
students pursuing higher education in recognized institution. HELB provides
affordable loans bursaries and scholarship to Kenyans pursuing higher
education. Key among the responsibilities of the Board is sourcing funds,
establishing, managing and awarding loans bursaries and scholarships to Kenyans
pursuing higher education in recognized institutions. Through the Act, the
Board has been able to recover funds loaned out to Kenyans in the past.
History of Higher
Education Loans Board and HELB Loan
The genesis of the
Higher Education Loans Board dates back to 1952 when the then colonial
government awarded loans under the then Higher Education Loans Fund [HELF] to
Kenyans pursuing university education in universities outside East Africa
notably Britain, USA, former USSR, India and South Africa. Students who were
pursuing university education in universities outside East Africa and were not
on scholarships were advanced loans by the then government against securities
such as Land Title Deeds, Insurance policies and Written Guarantees. However by
1974, provision of education in general had expanded intensely as a result of
the heavily subsidized primary and secondary education and the general yearning
for education by most Kenyan families. Consequently, the number of students
seeking university education had grown to an extent that it was becoming
increasingly difficult to adequately finance university education by providing
full scholarships and grants by the Government.
The Government
therefore introduced the University Students Loans Scheme (USLS), which was
managed by the Ministry of Education. Under the scheme, Kenyan students
pursuing higher education at Makerere, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam universities
received loans to cover their tuition and personal needs, which they would
repay on completion of their education. However, the University Students Loans
Scheme (USLS) was plagued with a number of problems right on the onset. It
lacked the legal basis to recover matured loans from loanees. In addition, the
general public and university students wrongly perceived that the loan was a
grant from the government, which was not to be repaid.
In order to address
this problem, in July 1995 the Government through an act of Parliament
established the Higher Education Loans Board to administer the Student Loans
Scheme. In addition, the Board is empowered to recover all outstanding loans
given to former university students by the Government of Kenya since 1952
through HELF and to establish a Revolving Fund from which funds can be drawn to
lend out to needy Kenyan students pursuing higher education. The establishment
of a revolving fund was also expected to ease pressure on the exchequer in
financing education, which currently stands at 40% of the annual national
budget.
Tertiary education
financier Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) plans to run a lottery and offer
education saving plans by the end of this year as it moves to cut its dependency
on taxpayer funds.
Profits from the
lottery, to be run in the form of raffles, will be used to finance the agency’s
loan book, which currently faces a massive funding gap.
Helb chief executive
Charles Ringera said plans are also underway to offer child education plans as
a new strategy to mobilise long-term funds for the education sector.
Under the proposed
plan, parents can save as low as Sh1,000 monthly towards meeting their
children’s future cost of college education.
“We want to introduce
education savings products and education lotteries all geared towards
increasing the revolving fund,” said Mr Ringera.
The new funding
proposals are aimed at overhauling the current Helb Act that came into force in
1995 and is now seen as outdated and rigid.
“We want to reform our
Act to help address the myriad challenges. We want a more progressive Act that
will allow us to mobilise deposits from the public,” said Mr Ringera in an
interview with the Business Daily.
The United States is
an example of a country that uses education lotteries to offer scholarships to
learners.
Mr Ringera said the
proposed law will empower the board to run a variety of lotteries — ranging
from scratch tickets, SMS-based raffles and online sweepstakes — and use the
proceeds to fund higher education.
Critics, however,
questioned Helb’s ability to offer investors returns that match those offered
by insurance companies if it goes into the savings business.
Jubilee Insurance,
Kenya’s biggest underwriter, pays a bonus of between four and six per cent per
annum on its child education plans – which also offer additional benefits such
as life cover, tax breaks and can be used as collateral when applying for a
loan facility.
The Helb chief
executive said the Bill is currently undergoing review at the Education
ministry and expects the proposed law to be published by June.
Helb has hitherto
relied on the Treasury and recoveries from past beneficiaries to disburse new
loans but the rising number of university students has made it difficult to
meet growing demand.
For instance, half of
the 67,124 government-sponsored students who joined public universities last
year failed to get loans due to a funding crisis, and those who received loans
had to wait for four months till January this year to receive the cash.
Helb in 2008 extended
its loan programme to needy students in self-sponsored programmes (commonly
known as ‘parallel’) in public universities as well as those attending private
chartered universities, adding pressure to its purse.
Similarly, the number
of public universities has grown threefold to 23 from seven in 2007.
Kenya’s betting
industry – especially sports gambling – has experienced phenomenal
growth, aided by the ease of placing bets online or through SMS and paying via
mobile money platforms such as M-Pesa.
SportPesa and Betway
– the official sponsor of English premier league side West Ham United
– are some of the big names in Kenya’s betting market.
Kenya’s mobile-based
gambling fad has even caught the eye of Arsenal Football Club, which last month
signed a deal with SportPesa to grow its fan base in Kenya and reach out to
local supporters.
The top-flight English
Premier League team said it will offer Kenyan fans exclusive bets under the
partnership with SportPesa.
Helb’s plans to cash in
on Kenyans’ gambling craze and offer education plans is the agency’s latest in
a series of initiatives planned to boost its loan book.
There are also plans
to partner with the National Transport and Safety Authority to tie renewal of
driving licences to servicing of Helb loans in order to catch defaulters.
Helb has already
smoked out 8,000 past loanees who hold driving licences but have not been
paying their loans, Mr Ringera told the Business Daily.
The new plans are also
in line with proposals made by the task force appointed by President Uhuru
Kenyatta to streamline parastatals.
Source: Business Daily
HELB Loan
Status: First-year university students asked to apply for Helb
Updated: 10.08.2015
The Higher Education
Loans Board has asked students who qualified for university admission to apply
for Helb loans and send their applications.
However, the
institutions the students have been admitted to must be recognised by the
Commission for University Education (CUE), the Ministry of Education and also
registered with Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service
(KUCCPS).
“Government-sponsored
and self-sponsored students are entitled to apply,” said the board Chief
executive officer Charles Ringera.
About 100,000 students
are set to join universities and colleges this year with 67,790 joining 31
public universities, 12,000 have been admitted to colleges and 20,000 others
will join private universities.
However, Mr. Ringera
said less than a half of the students will get the government study loans.
He said the amount of
money the agency received is insufficient to support all needy students.
He said about 34,000
students out of the 100,000 will benefit from the study loans.
Helb was allocated
Sh7.5 billion this financial year, leaving a gap of about Sh2 billion of which
Sh6.3 billion will be for continuing students and the remaining Sh1.2 billion
for first-year students.
HELB
Loan: Helb sets loan ceiling at Sh. 50,000
The Higher Education
Loans Board (Helb) has reduced the highest allocation per student by 20 per
cent for freshmen who are expected to start receiving funds Tuesday, after a
four-month delay.
Helb says the
near-doubling of first-time applications to 110,000 has seen the agency reduce
the maximum loan amount to Sh50,000 from Sh60,000 per academic year.
“The unprecedented
number of applicants caught us off-guard; we had to allocate funds to a larger
number of students than we had anticipated,” said Charles Ringera, the HELB
chief executive officer.
First-year students
who joined public universities and tertiary technical institutions from last
September have been surviving without the loans needed to pay for meals,
housing, and personal upkeep.
Mr. Ringera says last
year’s re-basing of the economy, which showed that Kenya is now a middle-income
country with a per capita income of Sh113,386 ($1,246), also indicates that
students generally require less support from the State to finance their
university education than they did previously.
“The system we use to
calculate and allocate loans factors in the income of a beneficiary’s parents
or guardians. Since the economy was rebased, their improved earnings have been
captured by the system.”
Helb’s maximum
allocation has remained at Sh60,000 for more than six years while the minimum
allocation is Sh35,000.
The Sh60,000 is given
to disadvantaged students like orphans, after confirming their economic and
social status in a verification process that Helb concluded last week.
Students, however,
claim that these funds are not enough given the higher cost of living, leaving
Helb – which is grappling with funding inadequacies – with a tough balancing
act.
Freshman loan
applications to Helb last year increased by 96 percent to 110,000 from the
56,000 that the State agency received and processed the previous year.
Approximately 90,000
of these applications came from undergraduate students and another 20,000 from
students picked to join Technical, Industrial, Vocational and Entrepreneurship
Training institutions.
“Out of the 110,000
first-time applicants, 65,000 qualified for loans but not all will benefit in
one phase,” said Mr. Ringera. “With such an increase, no one can say we failed
to plan: we have been sitting in meetings but the number is far beyond our
capacity.”
The disbursement
brings to an end a prolonged wait for students who have had to survive one
semester without the crucial funds.
The Kenya University
Students Organisation had issued a strike notice to pressure Helb to release
the funds but called it off at the last minute after the State agency promised
to comply.
Helb loan amounts
Awarded
The funding system
that took effect on September 2017 will see a student studying dentistry get
the highest funding, at Sh600,000, while the lowest funding, of Sh144,000 per
year, will go to a student taking a Bachelors of Arts (general) degree course.
A student studying
medicine will receive Sh576,000, while one taking veterinary medicine will
receive Sh468,000.
A student taking a
pharmacy degree course will receive Sh432,000, engineering (Sh396,000),
architecture (Sh384,000), built environment (Sh360,000) and agriculture
(Sh324,000).
Students studying
education (science) per year will get Sh288,000, science (Sh264,000), applied
social science courses such as hospitality and tourism (Sh240,000), business
and law (Sh216,000) and applied humanities (Sh180,000).
HELB loans Kenya
2019 – HELB news and HELB applications guide at hand
Updated:12/3/2019
HELB NEWS UPDATES
& HELB DEADLINES!
Undergraduate
Subsequent Online Application for FY 2019/2020 is now open. The deadline is on
31st March, 2019. Apply via www.helb.co.ke HELB Jielimishe Loan for civil
servants who aspire to further their education is now open. Visit
helb.co.ke/jielimishe to apply. To check your HELB status or access customer
service, dial *642# First and subsequent TVET loan application has been closed.
2018/19 HELB loan disbursement for Sem Two (2) is ongoing. Loan appeals and
reviews are open
How HELB loans
work?
The Higher Education
Loans Board gives financial support for applicants who are going to take postgraduate
or undergraduate studies. The aid is disbursed in the form of loans, bursaries
or scholarships and must be repaid immediately after completion of one’s
studies or at any other time which is stipulated in the HELB terms for a
particular produc (i.e. loan type). The primary purpose of helb students loans
is to help needy students whose parents cannot afford expensive education. HELB
loans are not intended for wealthy families and for students with no financial
difficulties.
HELB eligibility –
who can apply?
HELB loans are
available to all Kenyan citizens who can service the loan immediately after its
disbursement.
HELB products – HELB
loans, HELB bursaries and HELB scholarships
Higher Education Loans
Board offers the following services and products to Kenyan citizens:
a) HELB loan
i. Dipoloma students
loans (Technical, Vocational, Education and Training)
Can be obtained by
individuals who pursue diploma courses in Institutes recognized by the Ministry
of Education, Science and Technology and are registered with KUCCPS.
ii. Undergraduate
Students loans for:
Direct Entry Students
(DES) – secondary school leavers who are planning to enter all sorts of
universities within the states of East Africa either through the Kenya
University Placement Board Services or as self-sponsored students. Loan
interest is 4%p.a. Loans are available from Kes 37,000 to Kes 60,000.00 per
year. Loan repayment is required after completion of undergraduate studies.
HELB first time applicant needs to apply through helb student portal.
Continuing Education
Students (CES)- employed students who want to enhance their academic
qualifications by obtaining a degree. Loan interest is 12%p.a. Loans are
available from Kes. 50,000 to Kes 100,000. Loans processing fee is Kes 2,000.
Loan repayment is required immediately after disbursement (remitted to the
educational institution as tuition fees). HELB application form for continuing
students is available online on the helb co ke official website.
Postgraduate Students
– students on Masters or PhD programmes who would like to finance their
studies. Maximum loan sum is Kes 200,000.00 per year. Loans processing fee is
Kes 2,000. Loan interest is 12% p.a.
b) HELB bursary
i. Undergraduate
bursaries are awarded to undergraduate students who require financial support
to study in the government sponsored programs.
ii. Technical,
Vocational, Education and Training Bursaries are awarded to undergraduate
students who require financial support who pursue Diploma courses in TVET
recognized Institutes.
c) HELB
scholarships
HELB awards partial
scholarships to Masters and PhD applicants basing on their academic merit.
Loans processing fee is Kes 3,000 which is paid upon submission of the form.
HELB application form for HELB scholarships can found at www.helb portable.
HELB application
forms for non-salaried applicants
Undergraduate First
Time Applicants
Undergraduate Second and Subsequent
Undergrad Loan Review/Appeals
Constituency Loan Application Forms Embu
Constituency Loan Application Forms Tinderet
Constituency Loan Application Forms Naivasha
Constituency Loan Application Forms Igembe
Constituency Loan Application Forms Karachuonyo
Constituency Loan Application Forms Awendo
TVET for Tertiary Institutions
TVET for Tertiary Institutions Second and Subsequent
Afya Elimu Fund (AEF) Subsequent Loan Application
First Time and Subsequent Afya Elimu Fund Pre-Service
Visa Oshwal Scholarship.