HELB Lists Requirements For Students Ahead Of July Loan Application
Students who took the 2025 KCSE exams and are seeking admission to universities and colleges have been instructed by the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to get important paperwork ready before the loan application portal opens in July.
In order to prevent last-minute difficulties when the loan application window opens, HELB advised potential applicants in a notification released on Wednesday to arrange the necessary paperwork in advance.
According to the board, candidates must provide a working email address and mobile number, along with their KCPE and KCSE index numbers and the years they took the exams.
Students will also be required to upload a passport-size photograph in JPEG, JPG or PNG format and provide a copy of their National ID card or Maisha Card.
First-Time Applications will be opening soon.
A little preparation now can save you a lot of time later.
Stay tuned to our official channels for application updates.
In the meantime, check the poster below and get your application requirements ready.#EmpoweringDreams pic.twitter.com/oSB5rcpNBI— OFFICIAL HELB PAGE (@HELBpage) June 17, 2026
For applicants who are still minors, HELB said a birth certificate in PDF format will be required during the application process.
Those who benefited from sponsorship programmes while in secondary school have also been asked to prepare copies of their sponsorship letters.
In addition, applicants will be required to provide their parents’ National ID numbers and registered mobile phone numbers as part of the application requirements.
Students whose parents are deceased will need to upload copies of death certificates in PDF format.
HELB further directed applicants to prepare details of two guarantors, including their ID numbers and registered mobile phone numbers. Parents may also serve as guarantors.
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The notice comes weeks after HELB Chief Executive Officer Geoffrey Monari announced that applications for student loans are expected to open in the second week of July.
This is subject to the completion of placement exercises by the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS).
“I want to assure all students, parents and stakeholders that they should be able to apply for their loans online when we open,” Monari said during an interview on KBC’s Sema na Spox programme.
‘We are just waiting for KUCCPS to complete their placement so that we can open, most probably by the second week of July.”
Once the portal opens, first-time applicants will be required to register through the HELB student portal before submitting their personal, academic and financial details.
The government has allocated Ksh56.7 billion to HELB in the 2026/27 budget to support higher education financing as the board continues to implement the new student funding model.
HELB Lists Requirements For Students Ahead Of July Loan Application
