Banks Can Base Education Loans

Banks are also looking to restructure education loans that have gone sour. Indian Bank is exploring the option of giving one-year relaxation to students for repayment towards their loans.

Private Education Loan Consolidation

It is not difficult to get loans for education. All one needs is a genuine financial need and determination to graduate.

Fulfill Your Educational Dreams

Education loans carry reduce interest rates therefore that students can repay the loan simply following the course completion.

Federal Stafford Loans

Federal direct student loans are borrowed directly from the federal government. The government funds the direct federal student loans through the US Department of Education.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Online Education - Revolutionary Step in the World of Education

Education is always remains as a basic need of the students. Providing proper and suited education environment is comes under the roles of good parenting. Every one wants to get higher education from well reputed and world recognized colleges and universities. But due to some factors may be financial and may be any other factor students some times not be able to get higher education from their interested colleges and universities. Rather to join regular classes most of the students either move with distance education or online education mode of study.

While going with online education one will find number of online degree courses ranging from teaching to nursing, from management to psychology. With the advancement of technology and internet raises the demand of online education degree courses among the students. With the online education students are able to work at their own pace, study when they get time, to stay home for health reasons and build education environment that really suites them. All these points turn online education as one of the favorable modes of education among the several students coming from the fields.     

In this education system - online public schools, online high schools, online college schools, online middle schools and online home schools makes the whole part of online education mode of study. Among these online high schools plays an important role where students who are not able to join regular classes because of illness, lack of familiarity, who have trouble in a traditional high school classroom setting, who wants to carry education as per their own schedule, those who are away from the school building and those who failed a class and need to make up a requirement.

All these facilities make online high schools on the top of modes of education. By taking advantage of technology, these online degree courses can include interactive quizzes, timelines, polls and exercises that help students in building their interest and engaged. But at this time, finding recognized online high school with well reputation can be a challenge where number of schools make big claims but few of them live up to their promises.

On other hand, online middle schools serve as middle position between elementary school and high school. Comprehensive online curriculum and flexible online programs makes online middle schools favorable options among the students. There are many online middle schools that are offering accredited programs to their students for grades 6 through 8. Before enrolling with any online middle schools get through all the important information that sets your child for higher education and beyond.

Keiser University eCampus Online, Ashford University Online, LA College International, American Intercontinental University Online, University of Phoenix, Everest University Online, Virginia College Online and Daytona College Online are some of the featured online colleges that offers types of online degree courses in mba nursing, psychology, teaching, accounting, engineering, education and many more with high quality in accredited, unique and individualized program from where you can earn your accredited online diploma, certification and degree as well.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Banks Can Base Education Loans in Placement Track

 Your education loan application has a better chance of getting a favorable response from banks if the institute you propose to study in has a good placement record. Faced with rising bad debts in their education loan portfolios that are not backed by collateral, banks are looking at the placement record of institutes to judge the repayment capacity of students seeking loans.

"The college may enjoy the government recognition, but if placement record is poor, how do you expect a student to get a job and repay?" said an official in the country’s largest lender State Bank of India. The government rules do not allow banks to demand collateral or security for education loans up to 4 lakh, a measure to ensure funds are easily available to needy students.

This unsecured lending, according to bankers, has seen a sharp spurt in instances of non-payment. They want to now ring fence these loans through other qualitative measures. So far banks have sanctioned 34,192 crore towards education loan.

Instead of sanctioning loans merely on the basis of the student’s educational track record and whether the course and the educational institute was approved by the government, banks are also looking at the minimum and maximum package offered to the students at the institute to assess repayment capacity, though the Indian Banking Association has not yet said anything on the issue.

"It’s up to the sanctioning officer to take additional measures if he’s not convinced with the application. However, due care is taken not to unnecessary harass the student," said an Indian Bank official. One major public sector lender is asking for life insurance cover from its student applicants. "The policy is assigned in the favour of the bank and works as a double check," said a senior official with Punjab National Bank. The insurance policy helps to keep a track of the student and if there is an unfortunate event it protects the bank’s investment.

The annual premium is paid by the student himself, or by the co-applicants, but the premium is generally very low. "In case the loan turns bad, there is some limited amount which can be recovered by surrendering that policy," explained an official with Bank of Baroda.

Banks are also looking to restructure education loans that have gone sour. Indian Bank is exploring the option of giving one-year relaxation to students for repayment towards their loans. Generally banks give a payment moratorium period of six months from the time a student completes his course. Banks have found that most loans turned bad in cases where students are unable to find jobs.