LIST: Districts with Biggest, Smallest Number of Student Loan Scheme Beneficiaries Named

Districts whose students have benefited more from the students’ loan scheme administered by Higher Education Students Financing Board have been revealed.

Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) has unearthed glaring disparities on the number of study loan beneficiaries per district since the scheme was put in place about a decade ago.

Cosase, whose chairperson is Nakawa West MP Joel Ssenyonyi, has considered the Auditor General’s report on the financial accounts and reports of the Higher Education Students Financing Board (HESFB), which administers the loan scheme, for the year ending June 30, 2022.

The report indicated that Karamoja and Sebei regions were the most disadvantaged when it came to beneficiaries of the loan scheme while districts from Central and Western Uganda benefited most.

Parliament has now called on government to address the discrepancies in award student loans so that all regions can benefit equally.

Meanwhile, the HESFB has announced it will not receive applications for the 2023-2024 cohort of the loan scheme due to lack of funds.

Parliament has also been concerned with a decision by some universities to withhold transcripts of study loan beneficiaries after government delayed to clear the funds.

LISTS:

Districts with highest student loan scheme beneficiaries

1. Wakiso – 525
2. Ntungamo – 488
3. Mbarara – 418
4. Sheema – 384
5. Busia – 332
6. Bushenyi – 330
7. Kasese – 307
8. Rukungiri – 305
9. Mukono – 295
10. Kabale – 277
11. Tororo – 270
12. Luweero – 250
13. Isingiro – 244
14. Masaka – 211
15. Mitooma – 206
16. Ibanda – 204

Districts with least Students who benefitted from loan scheme from 2014-2022;

1. Amudat – 01
2. Karenga – 02
3. Madi-Okollo – 04
4. Obongi – 04
5. Kalaki – 07
6. Kapelebyong – 09
7. Nabilatuk – 09
8. Kaabong – 11
9. Kitagwenda – 12
10. Moroto – 16
11. Buvuma – 16
12. Butebo – 16
13. Terego – 18
14. Kikuube – 18
15. Kakumiro – 19
16. Kwania – 19
17. Nakapiripiriti – 21
18. Zombo – 24
19. Nwoya – 27

You can see the list of students who were awarded study loans in 2022 Here.

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) has also released the names of students admitted under both private and government sponsorship, while Kyambogo, Mubs and Makerere University have also released their Government Sponsorship lists. (See Names Here, Here, and Over There).

You can also see the list of Uganda’s 300 chartered and provisionally licensed universities and other institutes, plus Uganda’s best and worst universities in 2023 Here and There.

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