The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has cleared outstanding teacher trainee allowances for the 2023/2024 academic year, disbursing payments to a total of 65,685 students from 46 public Colleges of Education across the country.

The arrears, which covered three months, have now been fully cleared. This move reaffirms the SLTF’s core mandate of providing financial support to students pursuing tertiary education in Ghana.

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According to a statement issued on Friday, April 11, the disbursement also reflects the government’s reset agenda, which focuses on strengthening support systems in the education sector and ensuring uninterrupted academic progress for the nation’s future workforce.

“The SLTF remains steadfast in our commitment to ensuring timely, transparent, and efficient financial support services delivery for the benefit of students,” the statement said.

To avoid future delays, the Fund emphasized that robust measures are being put in place to ensure the consistency, reliability, and seamless execution of subsequent disbursements.

These efforts, the statement reads, will be aligned strictly with established policy directives to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of the allowance payment system.