Financial Supervisory Service Awards 72 Outstanding Performers of 'One Company One School Financial Education' Program

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-seop] The Financial Supervisory Service announced on the 30th that it awarded those who achieved excellent results in the ‘One Company One School Financial Education’ program.

The One Company One School Financial Education program is a program in which financial companies form sisterhood ties with nearby elementary, middle, and high schools and provide students with various forms of practical financial education. It has been in operation since July 2015. From 2020 to 2021, 72 awards were given to schools, teachers, financial clubs, financial companies, and their employees who showed outstanding performance through active participation.

In the One Company One School Financial Education program, 170 additional schools participated last year, bringing the cumulative total to 8,031 schools paired with 4,078 financial company branches. This accounts for 68.2% of all elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide. While private financial companies with many branches, mainly banks, accounted for more than half, the participation of non-bank sectors has been expanding recently due to increased interest.

Due to partial in-person attendance and the implementation of non-face-to-face education, 2,397 of the paired schools actually conducted education. Among these, non-face-to-face education accounted for 597 schools, or 25%. However, the education implementation rate appears to have recovered from 15.6% in 2020 to 28.4%.

The Financial Supervisory Service plans to promote customized educational support. They intend to prepare tailored content and educational opportunities for each target group, from lower-grade elementary students with limited comprehension to high school seniors. Additionally, they will create new standard financial education textbooks reflecting the changed financial environment and curriculum, and prepare online education programs based on these.

Furthermore, they plan to identify and improve shortcomings observed in the educational field through satisfaction surveys conducted after the education.

Jeong Eun-bo, Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, who gave the congratulatory speech, said, “We are grateful that many students were able to receive financial education,” and evaluated, “This is the result of schools and the financial sector empathizing with the importance of school financial education and actively participating despite various restrictive conditions.”

He added, “The Financial Supervisory Service will continue to strive to improve the accessibility and quality of school financial education and to strengthen the financial capabilities of students who will be the main pillars of future society.”

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