An interest rate increase strikes unfairly, according to the student union StuFF in Linköping.
Anyone who goes on to a long education in a profession that does not provide such a high salary is disadvantaged by the current proposal.
These are often students who study in the healthcare sector.
- These are occupational groups that earn relatively little after their degree, says Simon Ågren, union chairman of StuFF.
The interest rate is of course the same high loan rate for everyone who takes out a student loan, but the total amount of the interest rate becomes higher the larger the loan the student takes out.
Will finance new support
The proposal to raise the interest rate is part of the budget that the government wants to get through.
The money that comes in through an interest rate increase will then be used for the so-called adjustment study support.
This support is intended to make it easier for people who work, or have just lost their jobs, to study further and increase their skills.
The government proposes that the current interest rate on student loans, which is 0.05 per cent, be raised by 0.5 percentage points.
When the Central Student Aid Board, CSN, has calculated the proposal, they come to the conclusion that a student who has SEK 315,000 in student debt would have to pay SEK 70 more a month with a repayment period of 25 years.