Students allowance increases month end

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The Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology Ngaka Ngaka says his ministry will adjust students' off-campus allowance effective this month.

“There are plans to adjust students’ off-campus allowance. I am, nonetheless, unable to state at this point in time the extent of the adjustment as we are still finalising this matter. I will make an announcement before the end of this month (July),” he said. 

 Ngaka also explained that the allowance was presently not attracting any inflationary adjustments purely because it was a budgetary matter.

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