Jointly with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine as a coordinator of national measures aimed at increasing the level of financial literacy among the general public runs courses in "Financial Literacy" and "Financial Education" at summer camps for children.

"A well-educated person equipped with financial knowledge is instrumental in building a country with a strong economy, promoting its financial development and securing welfare of every family and citizen," emphasized Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Valerii Prokhorenko.

According to him, you adopt a rational and responsible attitude to your personal finances when you are still a child. Therefore, the projects aimed at increasing the level of financial literacy among the general public appeal to a child audience aged 6-17 and give a high priority to teaching financial literacy to schoolchildren. The successful experience in running the course "Financial Literacy" at Ukrainian schools proves this point.

During this summer, over 1, 000 Ukrainian schoolchildren attended interactive financial literacy classes at summer camps. The project has been implemented at the summer camps in the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Sumy, Ternopil, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, and Khmelnytskyi regions.

The teachers including volunteers, holders of a Master's degree and postgraduate students from the Banking University of the National Bank of Ukraine, representatives from the Independent Association of the Banks of Ukraine, and experts from banks (PJSC "Platinum Bank", PJSC CB "PrivatBank") who have received special training are running a financial literacy course, which is aimed at instilling a rational and responsible attitude towards own money in schoolchildren.

"Over the course of time, schoolchildren will be able to put basic financial literacy skills gained from the course to good use when they start a family. These skills will help schoolchildren to make rational decisions when managing their family budget and savings, and develop responsible attitude to money," said Mr. Valerii Prokhorenko. He noted that a well-educated child equipped with financial knowledge and skills will navigate his or her way through today's financial environment with its numerous offers and stay one step ahead of those children who have poor financial knowledge and skills.