The College students’ Mortgage Bureau (SLB) has as soon as once more rolled out its annual Campus Invasion initiative, bringing its companies on to universities and faculties throughout the island through the SLB mortgage software interval.
Govt Director of the SLB, Nickeisha Walsh, defined that the Campus Invasion permits college students to entry mortgage assist with out having to journey to Kingston.
“Our campus invasion, we usually roll that all through the appliance interval. We go to numerous college campuses throughout the island,” Ms. Walsh informed JIS Information in a latest interview.
She famous that through the week of August 25 to 29, the SLB was stationed at Northern Caribbean College (NCU) in Manchester.
“We did processing in NCU. We answered reimbursement questions; we answered software points; we checked out the place the functions are and supplied steering; we have been there for one week. One other staff was on the College of the West Indies (UWI) Western campus in Montego Bay, the place we do the identical factor,” she stated.
Ms. Walsh emphasised that the Campus Invasion gives real-time companies on-site.
“These college students who could need to traverse into Kingston, they don’t want to try this as a result of we now have scheduled a few days for the week or each different week, or most likely some days within the month we’re on the placement. So, they will drop off their software; they will add their software; they will get actual time service questions being answered with out having to faucet into the SLB useful resource on the location,” she stated.
The SLB has already visited a number of campuses and can proceed its schedule within the coming weeks.
“We have been on the College of Know-how (UTech) Jamaica from September 1 to five, and we have been at UWI, Mona from September 8 to 12. We’re additionally at Bethlehem Lecturers’ School. So, we now have numerous campuses. We’re in MICO College as properly. We typically go to Caribbean Maritime College (CMU). It’s relying on the week and the day. However we’re throughout the campuses supporting college students,” Ms. Walsh stated.
In line with Ms. Walsh, this direct engagement usually encourages college students who could not have initially thought-about financing by the SLB.
“Some individuals could not even be fascinated by an SLB mortgage, however as a result of we’re there current serving and helping, and typically that’s the place we see the appliance consumption enhance,” she stated.
She additionally highlighted the timeframe for the Campus Invasion. “We normally do that from June to the tip of, typically even December, as a result of typically we now have late candidates or individuals making use of for the January semester,” she defined.
Importantly, Ms. Walsh defined that the Campus Invasion is distinct from the SLB’s wider public training marketing campaign. “That is completely different from our common public training, the place we go into the excessive colleges and discuss SLB,” she stated.
The Campus Invasion varieties a part of SLB’s broader technique to make sure accessibility and to offer handy, face-to-face assist for college students navigating the mortgage course of.
