Kamis, 08 Januari 2009

Interpretation of Student (Education) Loan to Study Abroad

Student (education) loan is one of the major factors to study higher education abroad, where in the countries like India students cannot afford for overseas education. As the cost of education is increasing steadily it became a quandary for the students and their parents to take it on board. While the parents aspire to give best education for their children, their financial necessities dissuade them from embarking on this expedition.

Though, the study programs like engineering, technology, computer science, medicine and management costs much expensive and if you visualize these course abroad the count goes tripled or quadrupled. In such situation, it would be wise and of course ought to prefer for education loans.

However, many banks today are facilitating student education loans and the demand for the loans is on a rise as the cost of education is escalating over the years. Student loans are classified according to the priority sector lending for public sector banks, which are even offered at the low interest rates. The following are some of the necessities that students have to be attentive while applying for the education loan.

Usually, students will be asked to repay the loan amount after the 6 months of the course completion. So that students could find enough time to search a job and get in to that and have flexibility in repaying the loan without involving much hassles in them. The tenure of the student loan ranges between 5-10 years, which may be varied based on the bank and the loan amount.

To apply for student educational loan you need to fulfill certain eligibility criteria. To qualify for the loan student should have attain the age of 18 years and should have a bank account and have to prove of seeking for studying abroad.