Students’ Loan Bureau

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) was incorporated as a statutory body under the Students’ Loan
Fund Act (SLFA) in 1971. The Act stipulates that the functions of the Bureau include:
a. Provision of loans or grants, in its absolute discretion, to approved students.
b. Administration of the Students’ Revolving Loan Fund (SRLF) which was established
under the SLFA.

The SLB provides funding to students attending thirty-four (34) approved tertiary institutions
including universities, teachers’ colleges and community colleges. The funding supports various
programmes of study inclusive of business administration and social sciences, sciences, nursing,
pharmacology, education, humanities, agriculture, engineering, information technology,
hospitality and tourism management, law, maritime, medicine, sports education and theology.