HELB News

In a statement issued on Friday 23 August 2019, helb has indicated that it will disburse loans to continuing and new students before reopening of schools. The statement is available below. HELB Loan Disbursement 2019 The Higher Education Loans Board wishes to update as follow regarding application and disbursement status for undergraduate TVET for financial year 2019/2020. Undergraduate Subsequent Loan applications As at 21st August 2019, HELB has already disbursed KES 6.7 Billion to 156283 Students which will also help in facilitating their transport back to University after their holidays. The expected/target number is 171600 application. Therefore we have extended… Read More »

HELB recently announced that is a must for students to have HELB Smart cards issued by banks in order to get a loan. Below is a guide on how to apply and get a HELB Smart card. What is a HELB Smart Card? HELB Smart card is just a like any other bank card but this will be used by students only. The smart card is a solution between banks,  financial institutions in Kenya and HELB.  How to apply and get HELB Smart card Below is a step by step procedure of applying for HELB Smart Card for Equity Bank,… Read More »

Repaying HELB Loans is on of the best decision that you will ever make to avoid avoid accruing fines or penalties and rising interest rates. If you are confused on where to start from below is a simple procedure on how to repay your helb loan through mpesa paybill number 200800. How to repay HELB Loan through Mpesa Paybill 200800 First step is to call HELB through +254711052000 (or use these contacts) and let them know that you want start repaying your HELB Loan to avoid monthly penalties of Ksh. 5,000. If you don’t notify them, they will keep fining… Read More »

HELB loan application mistakes and Rejection: Thousands of Kenyan students do apply for the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) loan yearly but a number of them do have their application rejected and marked defective. Below are some of the mistakes that could prevent you from getting helb loan. Note that these errors that most students commit while filling their HELB loan forms were shared by HELB staff.   Missing Signatures and stamps The required signatures and stamping indicated in the helb loan form are mandatory. If there is any missing signatures that you will not be successful in your application.… Read More »

Paying Helb Loan: Let’s own up; there is nothing like enough money! You get some and with it, a need to make more money. We Kenyans definitely know what it is like to be in the rat race!   Think about it, you join campus on the JAB ticket with all hope in the world and spent all of your HELB money trying to get a decent education and hopefully, be somebody – someday. Then you leave campus and the first few months (years for some people) have you humbled; getting a job was never that easy after all, you… Read More »

HELB loan application for first time applicants (incoming first years) are now open. Below is a procedure on how to apply. The procedure of online application includes the documents that one needs to have to help him or her when applying for HELB for the first time and online application guide. The maximum amount of HELB that each university student can get is ksh. 60,000 and the minimum HELB loan awarded to students is ksh. 35,000. HELB loan applications are done online though its student portal but applicants are required to download the forms after filling so that they can… Read More »

HELB New student portal  has errors and here is an official statement from HELB about its maintenance.   ATTENTION: STUDENT PORTAL ACCESS FOR SECOND  and SUBSEQUENT LOAN APPLICATION   We wish to advise that the HELB Student Portal HELB Student Portal  is scheduled for maintenance starting today, 11th May 2017 aimed at stabilizing the access. Applicants seeking to access the portal for the 2017-2018 2nd and Subsequent Online Loan Application shall regrettably not be able until the 15th May, 2017 when normal service resumes. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. Thank you. Source: HELB NOTE: For those who are… Read More »

Most students find it hard to check for the HELB loan Disbursement although it is a simple process. To check your HELB loan disbursement status follow the procedure below. Option 1: of HELB disbursement status checking Visit HELB website Click on loan status. You will be directed to your HELB portal (You must have registered with HELB  portal ). Click on Loan Reports and a drop down menu indicating disbursement and statement will appear Click on disbursement and a form similar to the one below will appear. It indicates your loan disbursement status. Option 2: Of confirming your HELB loan… Read More »

The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has issued a statement on the ongoing scam activities going on.   HELB statement on Online Cons Beware of a con man using mobile number 0722224150. He is claiming to be a HELB staff and is asking for KES 1,500 to urgently process HELB Loans. He is claiming that since Cabinet Secretary, Treasury read the Budget for 2017/2018 yesterday 30th March 2017, the funds will be returned to Treasury. HELB wishes to advise that this is not true and that the official contacts for HELB are Tel: 0711052000 and Email: contactcentre@helb.co.ke   A few… Read More »