Scaling up financial education programme for young people

Save the Children in co-ordination with the Education and Training Department of Hai Phong City has launched a financial education project for children from 10 secondary schools in Hai Phong last week.

 The project is a part of the organization’s financial education programme titled “Smart Start for Students” since 2009 which aims to provide high school students with personal financial management and basically financial service management skills. The programme started in two schools in HCM City in 2009 and is currently implemented in 182 high schools across the city.

 The Hai Phong project launching was conducted together with a training course for 20 teachers from the 10 schools. The two-days training provided information about monetary policy, business management and investment, need-and-want management, savings and personal budgeting and the methodology to teach the subject for the teachers.

  “We highly appreciate valuable support by Save the Children. The financial education is useful and helpful because it provides young people with financial knowledge and skills, with which they should recognize the importance of financial resource, respect their parent efforts and learn how to manage their personal finance. It is not only helpful now, but also helpful when they enter to the university where they begin to live independently. Currently, the education sector not only focuses on theoretic knowledge but also emphasizes on life skills for the children. Therefore, we will make a full commitment to implementing the project”, said the Director of the Education and Training Department, Mr. Vu Van Tra, at the launching event.

 In January, the financial programme will start for university students in Can Tho City. The programme will focuses on free-training courses for students. Certificates of completion will  be granted for full participants.