In a
move to promote financial literacy in Northeastern state of Nagaland, National
Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and the Nagaland Board of Secondary
Education (NBSE) will start financial literacy course for the students of Class
IX.
More
than 60 schools under NBSE have registered with the Board to make the course
compulsory for all students of class IX. Already 5150 students have registered
for the course already.
NSE has already conducted a
teachers training program at Kohima for the schools taking up this course.
Yitachu, Minister of School Education and SCERT said, "We need to take
such programme to rural areas so that urban and rural divide is bridged
faster."
The
curriculum will cover income & expenditure, importance of savings, elementary
knowledge about banking system, basics of financial planning, money management,
setting financial goals etc. Students will have to complete the course within a
maximum time of 25 hours.
The
objective of this initiative is to help students grow the habit of savings from
young ages and to develop financial and investment capabilities.
Chitra
Ramkrishna, MD & CEO, NSE said, "Such programs are helping students to
develop a life skill. Finance is indeed a fundamental skill and such programs
help to understand how to manage disposable income etc."
Source(Economic Times)
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