More than 250 sec­ondary school stu­dents learned prac­ti­cal mon­ey-man­age­ment skills aimed at help­ing them make smarter fi­nan­cial de­ci­sions in the fu­ture, dur­ing fi­nan­cial lit­er­a­cy ses­sions host­ed by the Bankers As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (BATT).

Un­der the theme “Smart Mon­ey Talks”, the ses­sions, which were held on March 11 and 13 as part of Glob­al Mon­ey Week ac­tiv­i­ties, brought to­geth­er Form Four and Five stu­dents from Princes Town East and West Sec­ondary Schools, and Point Fortin East Sec­ondary.

The ini­tia­tive fo­cused on equip­ping stu­dents with prac­ti­cal skills in bud­get­ing, sav­ing, dig­i­tal bank­ing, fraud aware­ness and en­tre­pre­neur­ship, while en­cour­ag­ing open con­ver­sa­tions about man­ag­ing mon­ey.