sipa heslb login account 2024
The Higher
Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) is a body corporate established under
Act No.9 of 2004 (as amended in 2007, 2014 and 2016) with the objective of
assisting needy and eligible Tanzania students to access loans and grants for
higher education.
If you are
wondering on how to access your HESLB Student Login portal, here at leafmanportal
we will provide you procedures to follow and it will be easy to you. Register
an account, how?
Procedures to login into your OLAMS account
1.
First goes to the HESLB OLAMS official
Site https://olas.heslb.go.tz/
2.
On the home page, click on apply for
Loan
3.
The registration form will appear.
4.
Provide all the required information
and complete the registration process.
5.
Carefully enter all the information in
the required fields.
6.
Submit the required documents in the
desired format.
7.
Read all details carefully when all
entries are made.
8.
Make the payment of the application
fee. Applicants must pay a non-refundable, one-off application fee of TZS
30,000.00through GePG vide NMB, CRDB, TPB, Vodacom M-PESA, TIGO PESA, and
AIRTEL MONEY. For Details visit: https://olas.heslb.go.tz after registration of
your account you can login and be allowed to the system by clicking on the
Login link form will display two input fields.
9.
Enter applicant’s Username and
Password which were created during applicant’s Registration.Click Login button
to be checked and be allowed into the system.
10. If
you encounter some Difficultness on login on your Student Login portal (SIPA)
please you may Login Here Below.
Important things to consider before applying for loan
All loan
applicants for Academic Year 2022/2023 are required to observe the following:
(i) Read and
follow application procedures stated in these
Guidelines;
(ii) Ensure
that the Form Four Index Number provided when
Applying for
loan matches with the one used in your Application for admission to University
or College;
(iii)
Applicants who sat for Form Four Examination more than once are required to
list all Form Four Index Numbers used while applying for loan;
(iv) Ensure
that all documents submitted to support your application have been certified by
relevant authorities as specified in these guidelines;
(v) Ensure
that all birth/death certificates are certified by the Registration, Insolvency
and Trusteeship Agency (RITA), or
Zanzibar Civil
Status Registration Agency (ZCSRA) “Wakala
wa Usajili wa
Matukio ya Kijamii Zanzibar “or designated
Officer to
ascertain their validity;
(vi) Ensure
all students who were born abroad and or their
Parents died
abroad obtain a letter from RITA to validate
The
information provided;
(vii) Ensure
that your loan application form is dully filled and Signed before submission;
(viii) Ensure
that his/her Bank account details are properly lled
in the
application form;
(ix)
Applications must be completed with correct (an accurate) details;
(x) Each
applicant is advised to keep a copy of a complete package of the application
form submitted to HESLB for future reference (if required) and
(xi) All
applicants must strictly observe the set application deadline.
Before applying for loan make sure you observe the following conditions;
In addition to
general eligibility, additional criteria define NEEDY applicant who is not
above 35 years of age at the time of application also must be:-
(i) Orphan who
has lost both parents or partial orphan who has lost one parent. An applicant
has to produce a death Certificate approved by RITA or ZCSRA;
(ii) Student
with disability shall have to complete and present a fully Self-Disability Form
(SDF-1) to be approved by District Medical Officer (DMO), Regional Medical
Officer (RMO) or any designated medical expert with recognized affiliations.
(iii) Parents
with disability shall have to present a Parent Disability Form (PDF-2) to be
approved by the District Medical Officer (DMO), Regional Medical Officer (RMO)
or any designated The Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) was
established by HESLB Act (CAP 178) and became effective in July 2005. HESLB is
mandated
to, among
others, issue loans and or grants to needy and eligible students. Application
window for Academic Year 2022/2023 will be open from 15th July, 2022 through
30th September, 2023.
General Eligibility Criteria as Pronounced by the Act General Eligibility
criteria requires an applicant to comply with the following conditions.
(i) Must be
Tanzanian;
(ii) Must have
applied for a loan through the Online Loan Application and Management System
(OLAMS);
(iii) Must
have been admitted to an accredited Higher Education Institution on full time
basis;
(iv) For
Students Admitted at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT), eligible students
will be considered for tuition fee and books and stationery expenses; investing
in the future
(v) Must not
have other sources of funding to finance his/her education;
(vi) For
undergraduate applicants, must not have a formal or regular income from
employment, either public or private sector.
(vii) Must be
a continuing student with results/progress reports to show that he/she has
passed the examinations necessary to enable him/her to advance to the following
year or stage of study;
(viii) For a
student’s loan beneficiary seeking to re-apply for loan after dropping out from
one programme/college/university) he/she must repay at least 25% of the
previous loan amount before applying for a new loan. Payment of 25% of the previously
granted loan is not a guarantee for new loan allocation.
3.3 Additional
Eligibility Criteria
(i) Loans
shall be allocated in the order of established Neediness,academic excellence
and programme clustering (priority).
(ii)
Continuing Students applying for loans for the first time must have completed
ACSEE or other equivalent qualifications within Five (5) years, i.e. from
2018-2022 inclusive.
(iii) All
other applicants who will secure admission to pursue various degree programmes
in the academic year 2023/2024 must have completed their ACSEE or other
equivalent qualifications within five (5) years, i.e. from 2018-2022 inclusive.
