The partnership which was facilitated by Junior Achievement Africa will deliver ChaChing, an educational programme designed to provide primary school students between ages 9 to 11 with access to information and activities to develop financial literacy skills.
The programme will boost the low levels of financial literacy among young people, including those who have had fewer opportunities than others to learn about the financial world outside of school.
Prudential Zenith Life Insurance and Junior Achievement Nigeria believe that good financial literacy is key to empowering people to make good financial decisions.
ChaChing aims to provide young children with a good understanding of money management, ensuring they make 'money-smart' choices throughout their lives which will benefit the development of
In a release by JANigeria, it said colleagues at
According to the release, Jim Ovia CON, Chairman of
Disclosing further in a release, it said speaking on the partnership,
'To date, over 4000 primary school students across the four countries have been trained on the essential financial concepts of 'Earn, Save, Spend and Donate', to educate them on how to make smart money management decisions.'
She further stated that: 'Financial literacy education is especially important for young children because the opportunity exists to correct knowledge gaps proactively, rather than retroactively. We're grateful for the opportunity to expand the Cha Ching program to
While commenting on the partnership, the Director of Marketing and Innovation, Junior Achievement Nigeria, Ms. Oduolayinka Osunloye, said that the collaboration with Prudential
She stated that: 'Junior Achievement Nigeria is delighted about the partnership as it provides engaging, academically enriching and experiential learning sessions which will help students begin to apply financial literacy and critical thinking skills to make wise money management decisions and ultimately prepare them for a financially secure future.'
It is also committed to meeting the long-term savings and protection needs of families and businesses in
About Junior Achievement Nigeria
Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) is part of Junior Achievement Worldwide (JAWW), the world's largest and fastest-growing non-profit economic education organization with a 120-country network. Since inception in 1999, JAN has reached over 970,000 students in over 20,000 classrooms in all the 36 states across the country and the FCT through over 4000 volunteers.As part of a global network, JAN can leverage resources and expertise to deliver localized cutting-edge experiential programs built on JAWW's three pillars of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy, to in- and out-of-school youth ages 5 to 27 free of charge.
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