450,000 learners dream at risk as HELB says it is broke

The Higher Education Loans Board HELB has sounded the alarm: it whitethorn not beryllium capable to money caller students this year, putting the dreams of implicit 450,000 learners astatine risk. The situation stems from a monolithic backing shortfall past twelvemonth that near much than 100,000 students without afloat support. During a sojourn by the nationalist assembly’s acquisition committee, HELB laid bare its fiscal woes and revealed extremist proposals, ranging from gaining entree to idiosyncratic information from KRA and NTSA to tracing defaulters among others.