The Higher Education Loans Board, HELB, runs a mobile platform short code that can be used to access various services. By using the Short code, a mobile user can access the following HELB Services:
- Loan Application and Disbursement status.
- Loan repayment status.
- Loan balance.
- Loan mini-statement
- HELB Compliance and Clearance Certificate Checker.
- Loan repayment and many more.
HOW TO REGISTER FOR LOAN MOBILE SERVICES.
- Go to your dialer on your mobile and enter *642# and send.
- Then Select/ enter 1 and send.
- On the next window prompts, provide your: First name, last name, National ID number, date of birth.
- Enter a PIN you can easily remember and confirm it.
- A registration success message will be displayed thus: “Thank you for registering with the HELB mobile platform. You will receive SMS Confirmation Shortly.”
HOW TO CHECK FOR YOUR LOAN APPLICATION AND DISBURSEMENT STATUS.
- Enter *642# into your dialer.
- Select option 1 for log in.
- Enter your PIN.
- Select 1 for Loan application and Disbursement.
- For Disbursement report select option 1 and select the academic year. Your loan disbursement report will be sent to your line via SMS.
CHECKING LOAN REPAYMENT STATUS.
- Dial *642# and send.
- Select option 1 to log in.
- Enter your PIN.
- Select Option 2 for Loan Repayment.
- The following Loan Repayment interfaces are displayed.
- Loan status
- Loan balance
- Loan Mini-statement
- Repay loan
- Request information.
