Twelve thousand students across India participate in BSE International Financial Olympiad
108 students compete in the Mumbai finale
Mumbai, April 15, 2014: BSE Institute Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the BSE Ltd hosted
the finale of BSE International Financial Olympiad at the BSE
International convention hall in Mumbai today. Over 108 students
competed with each other to win the national level competition. Close
to twelve thousand students participated in the national level
competition which was spread over 6 months. BSE International Financial
Olympiad is an initiative to extend financial literacy to the school
level through its flagship innovative and educative national level
financial quiz competition.
The
first round of BSE International Financial Olympiad covered twelve
thousand students from 536 schools across 202 cities in 24 Indian states
and 108 students were selected for the finale in Mumbai. BSE
International Financial Olympiad is aimed at encouraging school students
to explore and learn more about financial world by developing
analytical and problem solving skills that will be essential to their
careers.
The
purpose of BSE International Financial Olympiad is to create awareness
about financial literacy amongst students at a young age. It is aimed at
empowering students with a proper understanding of the opportunities in
the financial markets. Financial Olympiad helps students prioritize
their personal financial goals and guides them towards becoming
financially responsible.
During
the initial rounds of BSE International Financial Olympiad, students
studying in class 9, 10, 11 and 12 participated in inter school written
tests.
The winners are:
Standard IX Arnav Mohatta from Lilavatibai Podar Senior Secondary School, Mumbai
Standard X Rweetam Bhattacharya from Aecs Magnolia Maaruti Public School, Bangalore
Standard XI Shweta Arora from Police Dav Public School, Jalandhar
Standard XII Shambhavi Sinha from Sagar Public School, Bhopal
The winners received cash scholarships for higher studies.
Mr. Ambarish Datta, MD & CEO, BSE Institute Ltd said that, “Young people nowadays, face more responsibilities and challenges than ever before. They now bear more of the costs of their own education, they also tend to borrow large sums of money at an early age. Hence it is very critical for them to be financially literate at an early age. However their curriculum is already overloaded and with decreasing attention spans conventional approaches to teaching will not work, which is why we thought of devising a fun filled national level completion to help school children to acquire financial knowledge. This is the 2nd year of this event and we have had a very good response, from all over the country. I am confident that the BSE International Financial Olympiad will go a long way in encouraging our youth to be financially literate.”
Mr. Ambarish Datta, MD & CEO, BSE Institute Ltd said that, “Young people nowadays, face more responsibilities and challenges than ever before. They now bear more of the costs of their own education, they also tend to borrow large sums of money at an early age. Hence it is very critical for them to be financially literate at an early age. However their curriculum is already overloaded and with decreasing attention spans conventional approaches to teaching will not work, which is why we thought of devising a fun filled national level completion to help school children to acquire financial knowledge. This is the 2nd year of this event and we have had a very good response, from all over the country. I am confident that the BSE International Financial Olympiad will go a long way in encouraging our youth to be financially literate.”
About BSE International Financial Olympiad
The
goal of BSE International Financial Olympiad is to promote the
advancement, discovery, learning and application of commerce &
finance. The Olympiad is designed to encourage students to explore,
discover, and learn more about financial world and to develop analytical
and problem solving skills that will be essential to their career. BSE
Institute Limited (BIL) and is working towards creating awareness and
providing education and skills to students and learners in India and
abroad by organizing educational events.
About BSE Institute Ltd
BSE
Institute Ltd. (BIL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of BSE Limited. BIL
conducts a wide range of programs ranging from 1 day workshops to a two
year full time post graduate programs in financial markets. BIL trains
over 10,000 participants a year. BIL also conducts certification exams
for financial market professionals to enable them to practice their
profession in various areas like cash markets, derivatives, and mutual
funds. Every year they certify over 40,000 market professionals. They
also conduct specialized workshops for international financial market
professionals including those from Asian and African countries to equip
them with the knowledge of current market practices, services and
regulatory trends. Every year over a 1000 global professionals attend
these workshops. In addition BIL also conducts collaborative programs
with its international partners which include the Nyenrode Business
School (Netherlands), Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
(Germany), Singapore Management University, Thailand Securities
Institute (TSI), Australian Trade Commission, Toronto Financial Services
Center (Ontario, Canada), International Financial Center Montreal
(Quebec, Canada), and IBMC Financial Group, UAE.
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