Students from this Tipperary school win big at national financial literacy event
Students from St Anne's Secondary School in Tipperary Town took home an award from Global Money Week
Students from a Tipperary school have had success at a national event aimed at encouraging financial literacy in young adults.
A group of students from St Anne's Secondary School in Tipperary Town took home an award from the Global Money Week in Croke Park, which was organised and sponsored by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).
The Tipp students took home the award for Best Peer-to-Peer Learning Initiative for their project This or That? Making Financial Decisions world-café-style workshops for first and second year students based on a range of financial topics including savings, fraud, managing money, bankruptcy and more.
The event brought together students from 16 schools across nine counties, as well as educators and representatives from the world of finance to recognise and celebrate the valuable work being done to build financial skills in young people.
Brian McHugh, Chair of the CCPC said that the event helps to build financial literacy in young people.
"Financial education is a crucial life skill for children and young people. There are all sorts of ways that educators can build it into lessons at school, but the power of the resources produced thanks to the CCPC’s Our Money, Our Future programme is that it was the students that took the lead and designed resources that would appeal to their peers. We were delighted with the results," he said.
Minister of State at the Department of Finance Robert Troy said: "ensuring that financial education initiatives are relevant to the day-to-day learning and experience students have is important to maintaining engagement and the effectiveness of initiatives.
"At the recent launch of the National Financial Literacy Strategy, we heard about the importance of ensuring the continued relevance and importance of the student voice as we develop financial literacy initiatives across the country. It is great to see that student voice carry through here again today," he added.