Log in HESLB DiDiS Loan Account 2023/2024
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. The main mandates of HESLB
include:
1. To assist, on a loan basis, needy students who secure
admission in accredited higher learning institutions, but who have no economic
power to pay for the costs of their education
2. To collect due loans from loan beneficiaries and use it
as revolving fund to sustain operations of the Board
3. To create synergies through establishing strategic
partnerships in student financing ecosystem
Core values of HESLB
1. Accountability – We
feel obliged to pursue excellence
2. Customer-Centric – We
recognize our customers and respond to their needs
3. Teamwork – We work to achieve common goals
4. Professionalism –
We are qualified and passionate in delivering our services
5. Innovation – We embrace new technology to address
challenges
What is HESLB DiDiS Account?
HESLB DiDiS Account is Digital disbursement Solution
established by Higher Education Student Loans Board (HESLB in order to provide
critical information about the allocations of loans.
Students who are beneficiaries of higher education loans
provided by the Higher Education Student Loans Board (HESLB) the exercise to
register students in the digital payment system (Digital Disbursement Solution
– DiDiS) is started on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 for colleges in the city of Dar
es Salaam.
Students in colleges outside Dar es Salaam, For students in
higher education institutions located outside Dar es Salaam, registration will
take place from June 26, 2023. More information will be provided through the
credit officers in the colleges and in the social networks of Instagram,
Twitter and Facebook of HESLB available in the name of ‘HESLB Tanzania’.
Improved DiDiS
The DiDiS system that will be used to register students has
been improved by including the payment of the tuition fee (Tuition Fee)
directly at the college after the student acknowledges receiving money through
the system.
In addition, during payment, students with smart phones will
be able to download the ‘HESLB App’ and serve themselves wherever they are. For
students who do not have a smart phone, they will receive services through the
Loan Officer present on campus.
Things a student should have in order to sign in into DiDiS Account
In order to be registered, the student should come to the
registration area of his/her college with a student ID, a bank account number
with his/her name and an available phone number registered in his/her name.
In addition, HESLB would like to remind students and student
governments to cooperate with the officials who will conduct the registration
exercise as usual.
Number of beneficiaries of DiDiS account
The exercise aims to register students who got a loan for
the first time in the academic year 2022/2023 present in all institutions of
higher education in the country. Once the registration is completed, all the
202,016 college loan beneficiary students will receive money through DiDiS.
How to log in in DiDiS account
Heslb Fuctions
- Assume
control and management of loanable funds - Formulate
mechanisms for determining eligibility of students for loans - Administer
and supervise disbursement and repayment of loans offered since 1994 - Issue
loans to eligible and needy Higher Education Students - Keep and
maintain the register and other records of loan beneficiaries and amounts
granted to them - Collect
repayments for all loans issued to students since 1994 so as to re-lend the
funds to other needy Tanzanian students - Advise
the Minister on policy and legal matters related to issuance and recovery of
loans to student - Establish
operational linkages between the Board, higher learning institutions, loan
beneficiaries and employers for effective issuance and recovery of loanable
funds - Establish
and maintain cooperative network between the Board and other local and
international stakeholders in higher education, be it Government or non-
government institutions - Conduct
research and maintain a databank on other local and external scholarships,
sponsorships and awards that may be accessed by Tanzania students
Perform any
other duties conferred by the Board or under the Act or any other written laws