GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Nov 18, CMC -Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh is urging people with student loans to apply as soon as possible as the Guyana government continues to implement its Student Loan Write Off Programme.
Singh announced a series of measures aimed at improving the ease of access to the initiative by prospective beneficiaries and persons to submit their applications as soon as possible, so as to facilitate timely processing of the applications.
In his announcement, Singh said there wuld now be a fully online submission of applications through the Ministry of Finance website, drop boxes for hard copy submission of application form in all 10 Regional Democratic Council Offices with immediate effect, as well as the Ministry of Education and at the University of Guyana Tain Campus in Berbice.
Applicants may also mail in their application through any post office.
In May, the Irfaan Ali government announced the Student Loan Write Off Programme as part of its initiative to deliver free education by 2025.
In October President Ali also announced that by January 2025, tuition fees at the University of Guyana will be abolished and that tuition fees at all government technical and vocational training institutes will be abolished, including the Guyana Industrial Training Centre. the Guyana School of Agriculture and the Carnegie School of Home Economics.
He said this expanded measure is expected to benefit over 3,000 people and forms part of Government’s broader initiative to enhance human capital development to reduce inequality and improve access to education to every Guyanese citizen.
In his announcement, Singh appealed to Guyanese to take full advantage of the government programme so as to upgrade and uplift their skills and and benefit from the unprecedented growth and transformation of the economy.
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