HALIFAX (CUP) — Hundreds of Nova Scotia students are scrambling for emergency loans while the province’s financial aid office struggles to process bursary applications.

And students unable to pay tuition fees without the aid cheques are being charged interest on the over- due balance.

“The Nova Scotia Stu- dent Aid Programs are in to- tal shambles, and drastically in need of immediate help and serious reform,” said Bob Levy, a New Democratic Party member of the provin- cial legislature whose riding includes Acadia University.

Recent reports indicate indicate that 70 per cent — or some 1250 applications for help — had yet to be pro- cessed at the end of Febru- ary.

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province’s student aid of-

fice says those numbers are misleading.

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abeth Ann Macdonald said one third of the forms are filled out incorrectly or lack important information.

Some students inquiring about their money have been told a list of those qualifying for help was lost.

Students in New Brunswick received their cheques by January 15.

Macdonald says process- ing hundreds of forms is time-consuming and difficult.

‘We started late, we had workers out with illnesses at the peak periods,and I can- not stress enough the hu- man component involved in processing the applications. The office of Edmund Morris recently authorized overtime to complete the processing of the bursaries.”

Morris is the~ newly- installed Minister of Ad- vanced Education and Job Training. He was demoted from the Social Services Min- istry in January after a mother on welfare filed and

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Morris recently announced the creation of a nine-member provincial Stu- dent Aid Advisory Commit- tee. Five students sit on the

board.

And the Tory govern- ment, which must call an election within the next 18 months, will pump an extra $1.5 million into the provin- cial student aid budget. The bulk of that money will go to upping the maximum bur- sary to $2000 from $1700. The change has already met with criticism.

According

to Geoff Stone, the leader of the province’s Young New Democrats, the average bur- sary over the past five years has decreased by $36. Aver- age loans have increased by just over $1000.

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