First-of-its-kind financial literacy programme in Kerala’s schools

Key Points

1. The General Education department of Kerala and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are collaborating on a financial literacy program in schools.
2. Kerala has already integrated financial literacy into the revised curriculum for government and aided schools.
3. A 'train the trainers' (ToT) program will be conducted for selected teachers from each of the 14 districts by the second week of January.
4. The SCERT aims to train approximately 700 teachers on a pilot basis this academic year.
5. The pilot program is expected to be inaugurated in Thiruvananthapuram by the end of January.