Student loan interest cannot be frozen in 2024, minister says
1 year, 1 month ago

Student loan interest cannot be frozen in 2024, minister says

NL Times  

It is not technically feasible to freeze the study interest for students who fall under the loan system next year at the 2023 level, Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf wrote this to the Tweede Kamer on Friday. The minister wrote that it is "technically not feasible" to introduce an interest rate measure specifically for the student loan group from January 1. The Tweede Kamer took this conclusion into account and asked the minister in this case to consider freezing student loan interest rates "on a broader basis". Dijkgraaf promised to do this in conjunction with another request from the Kamer to "reduce the interest rate for the student loan scheme group". Last month, there were many demonstrations against the increase in the interest rate on student loans for the so-called "unfortunate generation".

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