Exhibit 35.1

SERVICER COMPLIANCE STATEMENT FOR

THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2006-1

September 27, 2006

The National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2006-1

c/o Wilmington Trust Company

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2006-1 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 (the “Report”) and pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (the “Servicer”), does hereby certify and represent as follows:

A review of the activities and performance of the Servicer under the Alternative Servicing Agreement dated as of October 16, 2001, as amended, between the Servicer and The First Marblehead Corporation (the “Servicing Agreement”) for the period that is the subject of the Report has been made under the supervision of the undersigned;

2.	To the best knowledge of the undersigned, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under the Servicing Agreement in all material respects throughout the period that is the subject of the Report; and

3.	To the best knowledge of the undersigned, based on such review, there have been no failures to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Servicer Compliance Statement as of September 27, 2006.

				PENNSYLVANIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AGENCY


				By:	/s/ James L. Preston
				Name:	James L. Preston
				Title:	EVP Marketing and Client Relations

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2006-1 10-K