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HELB must change the way it deals with loan defaulters

Helb beneficiaries pay their loans at the institution’s offices at the Anniversary Towers, Nairobi. [File, Standard]

The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) should reconsider its approach towards its students’ loan recovery policy, if it is to remain self-sufficient and effective.

Recent news that HELB will publish names and photos of defaulters in leading dailies sounded absurd to me.

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