The leader of an opposition party in Fiji calls on the government to suspend the repayment of student loans who had funded their studies under the tertiary education loan program.
Last week, the Scholarship and Tertiary Loans Service confirmed that the state was unable to raise $ 158 million in arrears from nearly 30,000 Fijians.
National Federation Party leader Biman Prasad said the government should suspend debt recovery for five years.
Professor Biman Prasad
Photo: RNZ Pacifico / Koroi Hawkins
“It will take at least another three to five years for the economy to return to some kind of pre-pandemic level of economic activity, where you can expect students to find better jobs and have a chance to start paying reimbursement. And that’s the best option, “he said
