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No-Interest Loans Available to Cover Entrance Examination Fees and Juku (Cram School) Expenses

Entrance Examination Students Challenge Support Program

No-interest loans are available to cover entrance examination fees for high school, university or other program or institution of higher learning, as well as for juku cram school expenses. If you are admitted to a high school or university or other such program or institution of higher learning, you will not have to pay back the loan.

Income restrictions apply, and it takes about one month from the time you apply until you receive the loan. Although one guarantor is required for the loan, please call for advice if this is difficult for you. Please call for more information.

Eligibility	Third year of junior high school, third year of high school, etc.
Maximum loan amount	▽ For juku cram school or correspondence correction expenses (for the course period from April 2018 until taking the entrance examination): 200,000 yen ▽ For entrance examination for high school, university or other program or institution of higher learning: 27,400 yen for the third year of junior high school; 80,000 yen for the third year of high school
Application/inquiries	Corporate Management Division, Shinjuku Social Welfare Conference (1-17-20 Takadanobaba) Tel: 03-5292-3250 (in Japanese)

December 15, 2017