In November, Azerbaijan’s Education Ministry launched the country’s first-ever student loan program

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It is aimed at making university more accessible. But there are several catches, and student advocates argue that it would be better to eliminate tuition altogether.

A third-year philology student at Sumgayit State University, Amirli has had trouble paying the yearly tuition fee of 1,700 manats (about $1,000). Both his parents are unemployed, and he works part-time in a small grocery store both to help support his family and to pay for school.

When he fell behind on his payments, he was not allowed to take his final exams his second year and was automatically failed. But still owes the university money for those courses, and his record is now marred by all those failed classes.

Financed by a new Student Education Credit Fund to the tune of 80 million manats ($47 million), it will provide assistance to 40,000 students, said Education Minister Emin Amrullayev. Read more