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The Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB) has awarded student loans to 516 first-year students at Chalimbana University for the 2024/2025 academic year.
HELSB received a total of 2,064 applications for sponsorship at Chalimbana University, with 919 applications for science-based programmes (45 percent) and 1,145 for arts-based programmes (55 percent).
In a statement issued in Lusaka on Saturday, Chiselwa Kawanda, Manager for Corporate Communications and Customer Services at HELSB, announced that 1,852 applicants were deemed eligible for sponsorship, representing 90 percent of the total applications.
The remaining 212 applicants (10 percent) were found ineligible due to reasons such as completing Grade 12 before 2020, failing to attach required documents, submitting incorrect admission letters, or not meeting the age requirements.
Among the 1,852 eligible applicants, 826 were admitted to science-based programs (45 percent) and 1,026 to arts-based programmes (55 criticizes). The gender distribution of eligible applicants included 1,091 males (59 percent) and 761 females (41 percent).
Kawanda also highlighted that HELSB received two applications from individuals living with disabilities, both of whom have been considered for the award.
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