Sat, 01 Jul 2017 11:55:29 +0000 By ANNIE ZULU A LOT of first-year students at the University of Zambia were left out on the initial allocation of loans because the university over-enrolled the number of applicants to the loans and scholarships board for sponsorship, Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo said. Prof Luo said Government had budgeted to support only 2,000 students at the university, however the university over-enrolled the students to the tune of 5,434. She said this in a ministerial statement in Parliament on Thursday. “This year’s sponsorship programme has been riddled with a number of challenges that saw a number of applicants at the University of Zambia left out on the allocations of loans. “Government budgeted to support only 2,000 students at the university, but 5,434 were enrolled to the loans and scholarships board for sponsorship. “When the list of the first 2,009 students was released, it caused acrimony and despair among […]
