INTEREST FREE STUDENT LOANS SCHEME

 

NOTICE – Student Registrations

The Student Registrations under the 10th Intake of the IFSLS will be officially closed on 19th May 2026 at 02.00 p.m.

online application portal for the 11th Intake of the Interest Free Student Loan Scheme (IFSLS)

The online application portal for the 11th Intake of the Interest Free Student Loan Scheme (IFSLS) is scheduled to open in August/ September 2026 for students who sat for the G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination in 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Applicants must satisfy the following minimum qualifications to submit an application:

  1. Having obtained simple (S) passes for all three subjects at one and the same sitting, without exceeding three sittings; and
  2. Having obtained a minimum of 30 marks for the Common General Test at any sitting, without exceeding three sittings (the required result must have been obtained at the time of the interviews conducted); and
  3. Having obtained a minimum of a simple (S) pass for General English at the G.C.E. (A/L) Examination or a minimum of a simple (S) pass for English Language at the G.C.E. (O/L) Examination; and
  4. The applicant should be 25 years of age or below by the application closing date

NEWS ALERTS

Change of the Ministry Name Since August 2020

Name of the Ministry of Higher Education ,Technology & Innovation has been changed as the Ministry of Education since Augest 2020.

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Interview Schedule for Interest Free Students Loan Scheme

Online application for Interest Free Student Loans Scheme will be called from the students who have qualified for higher education based on the results of G.C.E.Advanced Level examination in the year of 2018 by the end of this year. Period of one month wi ll be given to submit your online application. For more information, please refer the web portal www.studentloans.mohe.gov.lk

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Minister Assumed Duty

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya assumed duties as the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education. (20/11/2024)

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