Practising Muslim students will be hit hard if the new cabinet stops the current student grant system and replaces it with loans because their belief stops them from paying interest on loans, student unions claim in Tuesday’s Telegraaf.

And the children of parents who are not well-off will also be hard hit by plans to stop paying grants, the LSVb and ISO student unions say.
‘The government does not appear to have noticed what the effect of ending the current grant system will be on specific groups of students, said ISO chairman Henno van Horssen.
Muslims account for 13% of higher education students.
Debts
Several political parties, including Labour and D66, have included a commitment to end the grant system in their election manifestos.
Students who do not live at home can claim a basic grant of around €250 per month and can borrow additional funds.
Some 50% of first year university students have a student loan and will leave after four years with an average debt of over €15,000, family finance institute Nibud said earlier this year.