(UTV|COLOMBO) – Higher Education and Highways Ministry Secretary D. C. Dissanayake stated that the deadline to submit student loan applications has been extended until 20 March.
The Government had decided to offer a loan of Rs. 800,000 to 2016 G.C.E. Advance Level qualified students who have not received adequate scores to enter into government universities and instead are perusing higher education through private institutions.
The Higher Education and Highways Ministry Secretary said that the application submission deadline was extended with the intension to provide more opportunities for more students under the instruction of newly appointed Higher Education and Highways Minister Kabir Hashim.
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