Personal finance for youth
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), together with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), is jointly holding a social activity for youth to enhance basic knowledge of personal finance and investment called "Ngern Thong Khong Mee Kha" (Personal Fina
This year’s project continues to focus on developing basic financial management courses for teachers by producing instructional media, such as e-teaching books, ready-made teaching plans, and e-training via video. The material should be completed in May.
“The programme will promote a savings culture and systematically build financial discipline in youth. So far, the programme has been a huge success. In 2011, there were 1,316 teachers from 436 schools taking the courses and they taught more than 340,000 primary and high-school students. We are committed to building opportunities for youth to grow through basic personal finance, enabling them to plan and decide their finance efficiently, because youth is the core foundation of the country’s development,” said SET President Charamporn Jotikasthira.
