SLF adjusts scheme
Programme expanded to address shortages
- Published: 22 May 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Business
The Student Loan Fund (SLF) is establishing new eligibility criteria for educational loans to encourage students to pursue fields where there is a shortage of qualified workers, said Finance Ministry permanent-secretary Areepong Bhoocha-oom.
The SLF has received a 46-billion-baht budget this year. Of the total, around 6 billion baht will be allocated to students choosing to pursue education as their field of study.
Dr Areepong, also the chairman of the student loan fund, said there is a severe shortage of teachers, and that the government needs to make efforts to alleviate the shortage.
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