NBG presents Financial Education Bus project for regional schools at World Savings Day event
The National Bank of Georgia held an event dedicated to World Savings Day. It reviewed financial education projects in regional schools and presented the new Finedu Financial Education Bus. The initiative aims to improve regional school pupils' access to financial education. A general FAQ on which banks operate in Georgia and how a foreigner can choose one offers optional background for readers.
Over several years, the program Invite Finedu to the Classroom has reached more than 1,200 classrooms and approximately 33,000 students. The program Visit the NBG has hosted more than 85 schools and more than 2,200 students. More than 1,300 teachers have completed training. All figures are cumulative results across the years the programs have run.
A memorandum of cooperation was signed by the National Bank of Georgia, the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth, the National Center for Teacher Professional Development and partner financial institutions. The project's partners include Silk Bank, Bank of Georgia, TBC Bank, Basisbank, Microbank Crystal and Mastercard Georgia.
The Finedu bus is designed to bring financial education closer to pupils in the regions. A general FAQ on the Georgian currency and what money visitors can bring gives optional background for interested readers.
Source: National Bank of Georgia.
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