Student Loan Portal Issues As Students Struggle To Register On Student Loan Portal

 

A surge of frustration has gripped some tertiary institution students as they struggled to navigate and register on the newly launched student loan portal.

Information gathered is that the student loan portal is now open for applications from students across 126 federal institutions, covering Federal universities, Federal Polytechnics and Federal Colleges of Education.

To apply for the student loan, students need to visit the official student loan portal, nelf.gov.ng, fill out the necessary forms, and submit required documentation.

However, the mounting issues hindering smooth student loan applications were prompting calls for immediate improvements to the portal to ensure that students can secure the financial support they needed for their education.

It would be recalled that the first phase of the student loan scheme has gone live in early hours of Friday, with the first prospective beneficiaries being students from federal institutions across the country.

Reports have it that the student loan portal is now active, but some students have complained about their inability to log onto the student loan portal and proceed with their student loan application process.

In an interview with our correspondent, a student of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, who identified hisself as Cletus said his JAMB registration number was “not recognised” while attempting to register.

“It’s not working. I got to where I clicked ‘create’. The image or whatever is not showing. So it’s preventing me. Infact they really need to work on the website,” Cletus added.

Meanwhile, some Direct Entry (DE) and National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) students have complained that they cannot proceed with the student loan application as the student loan portal required them to provide their JAMB registration numbers.

A student of NOUN, Ms.Gloria, said she opened the student loan portal but did not know what to do next when she was asked to provide JAMB registration number.

“National Open University don’t use JAMB, so I urge NELFUND to use our admission numbers instead of our JAMB numbers,” Ms.Gloria, pleaded.

Source: https://leadership.ng/hitches-as-students-struggle-to-register-on-nelfund-loan-portal/