The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) will begin disbursing loans for first-year university students on August 15, announced the Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba. This initiative, facilitated by the government, aims to ensure students can settle into their academic journeys without interruption.

• HELB and the Universities Fund will target to support 201,695 first-year university students, over 237,000 TVET trainees, and 257,523 continuing students in 2025.
• The government has increased HELB's annual funding by Sh5 billion, from Sh36 billion to Sh41 billion.
• Applications for loans and scholarships under the Student-Centred Funding Model (SCFM) remain open until August 31.