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C.O.K. Education Loan
C.O.K. (City of Kingston Credit Union), has run an ad in the print media today, stating ‘Get Ahead With COK Education Loan‘. More details from the ad: Get up to $200,000 to pay for primary, secondary and tertiary tuition or to take care of school-related neds with a COK Education Loan! For educational purposes only [...]
Continue reading...Do You Know Your Student Loan Status
13. July 2009
The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) ran an ad in the printed media yesterday, stating the following: The Students’ Loan Bureau urges all applicants to check their status and to set their guarantor interview appointments as soon as possible by visiting the SLB website – www.slbja.com Steps: Click on “Appointments / loan status” Enter your TRN [...]
Continue reading...Student Loan Debt Cartoon
25. May 2009
Today’s Clovis cartoon in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper speaks to the recent furor over the on-going impact of student loan debt on college / university graduates who either can’t find a job (after graduation) or are barely able to service the debt requirements when they do secure a job upon graduation.
Continue reading...A Students’ Loan Story
24. May 2009
Daraine Luton writes in today’s Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, about a former student who now regrets going to the Students’ Loan Bureau in order to finance her tertiary education. She describes her students’ loan ordeal as a ‘deal with the devil’, and claims that her peace of mind has been disturbed since she graduated from the [...]
Continue reading...Students Against Government Regulating Students’ Loan Bureau Funding
24. May 2009
Andrew Wildes writes in today’s Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, about university students expressing very strong disagreement with the Jamaican Government’s move to regulate funding through Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) in order to ensure that more students study in areas that are deemed to be critical to national development. Click here for the full feature.
Continue reading...Student Loan Payment Reminder
19. May 2009
Today’s Las May cartoon in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper shows a ‘graduating student’ from the University of the West Indies Class of 2009 receiving his diploma and being reminded that the Students’ Loan Bureau publishes the names of delinquent creditors. Check it out below.
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19. July 2009
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