Upkeep stipend much needed for varsity students

University students camping outside the National Treasury during a peaceful demonstration to push for immediate release of HELB funds. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The ensuing confusion about higher education funding is the latest in a list of initiatives that, though well intended, has not been implemented properly.

When I wrote about this last week, I was more concerned about the financial burden that would eventually fall on prospective students now and in future, when loans become due for payment.