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Compound interest on student loans “wicked policy” – NUGS President
The President of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has strongly criticised the compounding interest policy on student loans, describing it as a...
Biden cancels $1.2bn in student loans for more than 150,000 people
The Biden administration has announced it is cancelling $1.2bn (£949m) of student debt for 153,000 American borrowers.
The Supreme Court had previously blocked President...
SLTF disburses first-semester loans to over 27,000 students for 2025/26 academic year
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has released first-semester loan payments for the 2025/2026 academic year, benefiting more than 27,000 students across the country.
In...
SLTF updates portal to allow under-18 students to apply for loans
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has announced a major update to its No-Fees-Stress application portal, now allowing students under 18 to apply for...
SLTF Disburses Loans to Over 5,600 More Tertiary Students for 2024/2025 Academic Year
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has disbursed loans to an additional 5,667 tertiary students for the 2024/2025 academic year, bringing the total number...
Gov’t releases GH¢20 million for the payment of student loans
The Ministry of Finance has released GH¢20 million for loan disbursements to students attending both private and public tertiary institutions nationwide.
This funding, managed by...
Titus-Glover makes passionate appeal over unpaid student loans
Former Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has appealed to management of the Student Loans Trust Fund to secure...
Govt approves ‘no guarantor policy’ for tertiary students loans
The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has revealed that tertiary students can henceforth apply for loans without a guarantor.
This follows the introduction...
NUGS chases Students Loan Trust Fund over non-payment of loans for 2 years
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has expressed worry about the inability of the Student’s Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) to fulfill its financial...
NPP 2020 Manifesto: No guarantor for loans for students – Bawumia declares
All tertiary students in the country will get the option to obtain student loans without guarantors, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said.
Speaking at...
Ghanaian students in UK universities face deportation amid funding crisis
Students from Ghana at UK universities say they are in danger of being deported after being stranded by their own government without promised scholarships...
GETFund clears arrears owed Students Loan Trust Fund
The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has cleared all outstanding legacy arrears owed the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF), covering the period 2017 to...
Student Loan Trust Fund increases students’ loan by 50%
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has increased the loan amounts disbursed to regular students by 50 per cent.
Consequently, loan amounts now range from...
Law students now eligible for Students’ Loan Plus scheme
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has announced the expansion of its financial assistance programme to include students of the Ghana School of Law.
According...
Pan-African Savings and Loans strengthens customer empowerment with financial literacy training
Pan-African Savings and Loans has reaffirmed its dedication to empowering customers through financial education by hosting another edition of its Financial Literacy and Business...
Dr. Adutwum reflects on student days under Rawlings regime
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant, has reflected on his time as a university student during the Jerry John...
Student Loan Trust Fund extends deadline for ‘No Fees Stress’ application
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has announced an extension of the deadline for applications under the 'No-Fees-Stress' academic policy to August 7, 2025.
In...
Students Loan Trust Fund begins disbursements for second semester
Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has begun disbursing second-semester loans to tertiary students across the country.
According to the Chief Executive Officer, Saajida Shiraz, as...
Pan-African Savings and Loans supports Kotobabi No.2 Primary School
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts and ongoing dedication to community development and educational support, Pan-African Savings and Loans has made...
UEW Co-operative Credit Union marks 23rd AGM, promotes financial literacy and entrepreneurship among students
The UEW Co-operative Credit Union Limited has celebrated its 23rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) with a strong call to action for students, especially those...
Students Loan clears outstanding teacher trainee allowance
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has disbursed the outstanding teacher trainee allowances for the 2023/2024 academic year.
The money was disbursed to a total...
We’re suffering – Ghanaian students abroad lament hardship [Listen]
Ghanaian students studying abroad, particularly in Morocco under a government scholarship programme, are facing significant hardships due to delayed stipends from the Scholarship Secretariat.
The...
Pan-African Savings and Loans supports schools with CSR donations
Pan-African Savings and Loans has reaffirmed its commitment to community development through donations to two educational institutions as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility...
Students Loan Trust Fund approves disbursement to over 9,400 students
Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has approved the disbursement of loans to 9,433 students in 62 public and private tertiary institutions across Ghana.
This move...
Letshego Ghana holds educational session on cocoa and its benefits for students
Letshego Ghana Savings and Loans PLC (“Letshego Ghana”), a subsidiary of the regional inclusive finance group, Letshego Africa Holdings Limited (“Letshego Group”), organized a...
Teacher trainees divided over gov’t decision to replace allowance with student loan
Some teacher trainees are calling for the Education Minister’s removal over the government’s decision to replace their allowance with a student loan scheme.
Speaking to...
Contractor storms basic school to drive out students from classroom, claiming government owes him
Building contractor, Thomas Akwasi Frimpong of Atofis Company Limited, stormed the Old Tafo R/C Basic School in Kumasi on Monday to drive out students...
2024 election: Vote number 1 – Deputy Education Minister urges students
Professor Kingsley Nyarko, the Deputy Minister for Education in charge of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET), has appealed to tertiary students to vote...
Students Loan Trust pays GH¢25m teacher trainee allowance
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has released GH¢25 million to cater for the allowances of 47,000 teacher trainees in all 46 colleges of...
Students Loan Trust disburses GH¢20m to over 13K beneficiaries
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has released GH¢20 million for disbursement to 13,500 beneficiaries in tertiary institutions in the country.
The amount will cater...
UK increases financial requirements for international students
International students planning to study in the United Kingdom will face higher financial requirements from January 2025, following new rules announced by the UK...
UTAG objects to Mahama’s wholesale payment of academic fees for Level 100 students
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has raised objections to the NDC's John Dramani Mahama's pledge to pay academic user facility fees for...
Improving Lives: Letshego Ghana sponsors village of Hope university students
Letshego Ghana Savings and Loans PLC, a subsidiary of Letshego Africa (Letshego Group) is pleased to announce its sponsorship of three university students from...
Ghanaian students in Serbia cry over delayed stipends
Some Ghanaian students studying in Serbia say they are facing significant hardships due to delayed stipends from the Scholarship Secretariat.
These stipends, meant to...
Pan-African Savings and Loans donates to Accra Rehabilitation Centre
Pan-African Savings and Loans recently extended a charitable hand to the Accra Rehabilitation Centre.
The company donated 4 ceiling fans, a 660L deep freezer,...
Nursing Trainees ask for forgiveness from Mahama for rejecting student-loan proposals in 2016
In a surprising turn of events, nursing trainees who had rejected student loan proposals made by former President Mahama in 2016 have come forward...
Krobo nursing trainees apologise to Mahama for rejecting his student loan policy
Trainees at the Krobo Nursing and Midwifery Training College have rendered an apology to former President John Mahama for rejecting his proposal to replace...
Students Loan Trust Fund drags 8 institutions to police
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has dragged eight public institutions to the police over their failure to make the necessary deductions from employees’...
We’re in debt, yet MPs keep approving loans – Nana Kobina Nketsia
The Paramount Chief of Essikado Traditional Area in the Western Region, Nana Kobina Nketsia V, says the public must know the full voting records...
US Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
The US Supreme Court has struck down US President Joe Biden’s proposal to wipe out billions in student debt.
The 6-3 ruling effectively cancels...