From 1 September to teach financial literacy of students are under new textbooks

On September 1, the direction of "financial literacy" will be studied in all over Ukraine for at least 37,000 children schools, of which 17 000 are studying in 2-9-graders, and 20 thousand - in the 10's.

"The program, textbook and workbook" Financial literacy. Finance. What? Why? How? "It was created in 2019. They take full account of the changes in the financial sector over the past 5 years. So, there are blocks on the fundamental rights of consumers of financial services, rules of safe handling of payment cards, cryptocurrency, electronic money, Internet payment instruments, etc. ", - said on its website Ministry of Education.

It also reported that in the development of materials was attended by MES experts, the USAID project "Transformation of the financial sector," the University of Banking and a number of experts.

"September 1 Ukrainian students will be offered a financial literacy course, which is not inferior to the best courses in Europe and the United States. While working on this project together with the Ministry of Education, we aimed to teach the next generation of Ukrainians to how, when and why to use financial services. We hope that this course will be the basis for the implementation of the national strategy to improve financial Literacy in Ukraine ", - said Robert Bond, head of the USAID project" Transformation of the financial sector. "

The Ministry of Education pointed out that the rate of "financial literacy" taught by 1,200 schools across the country.

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