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Lawyers file case challenging Helb's new criteria for Masters, PhD loans

People pay their loan at the Higher Education Loans board offices. [File, Standard]

Two lawyers have filed a case in court, seeking to challenge the High Educations Loans Board's (HELB) new requirements for students planning to pursue Masters's and Ph.D. programs on a loan.

Early this month, HELB published a directive requiring anyone who wants to pursue a master's or a Ph.D. degree on a loan to have at least scored a second-class honors upper division in their undergraduate.

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