The Institute for Financial Studies (ISF), in partnership with the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), is launching a new edition of the program "StartFIN - Training of primary school teachers in the financial field" which can be accessed free of charge by teachers who teach in the primary cycle, according to a press release sent to AGERPRES on Friday.
The program is accredited for four years by the Ministry of Education and Research (MEC), lasts 40 hours and concludes with the award of a recognized diploma and 10 continuing education credits.
"Teacher training is the key to authentic financial education in schools. Through these free courses, we want to offer teachers not only theoretical tools, but also applied resources that can make a difference in the classroom. Together, we are building a solid financial culture right from the school desks," said Valentin Ionescu, ISF President.
The program includes study modules of interest such as: money and consumption; saving, investments and credit.
Since the launch of the first group of students of the StartFIN program, in 2022 and until now, teachers have accessed it with great interest, the results of its implementation, in numbers, being 60 organized groups in which 1469 primary school teachers participated.
The program implemented by ISF provides trainees with access to online training sessions, study materials (videos, assessment tools, applications and other teaching tools), as well as assessment methods, in compliance with the standard principles of the assessment process.
During the programs, both synchronous online sessions are organized, through the ZOOM application, and asynchronous online sessions - respectively access to training materials on the organizer's online platform. At the same time, throughout the training hours, the trainees benefit from the support of specialized trainers through consultation sessions, program history and ISF's role in the National Financial Education Strategy.
In the press release, the Institute for Financial Studies (ISF) also explains the purpose and origin of the primary school teacher training program (one of the many financial education projects carried out by the Institute), as well as the role of the ISF in the broader framework of the National Financial Education Strategy. Below is the message sent by the ISF.
The Institute for Financial Studies - ISF contributes to the achievement of the objective of ensuring the integrity and stability of financial markets and of consolidating the supervision process of the founding member, the Financial Supervisory Authority - ASF, by ensuring the training, improvement and professional specialization of people working in the field of financial services as well as of key categories of consumers of financial services and products.
According to the press release, ISF contributes to increasing the level of professionalism of actors in non-banking financial markets and aims to fulfill the function of financial education, by organizing activities, campaigns and information and education programs in the financial field, at national level.
The Institute for Financial Studies mentions that it has become an integrator of financial education initiatives in the non-banking financial sector and targets groups of key individuals who have the potential to organically multiply the information effect, based on the experience accumulated in previous years among pre-university teachers from the secondary education environment.
According to its strategy, the Institute of Financial Studies has set out to intensify financial education efforts at the national level by carrying out joint projects to attract and involve young people in the non-banking financial field and increasing the level of financial education by publishing materials, including financial modules in the continuous professional training plans of professions related to the financial field and through information actions for people with an impact on other members of society.
Since the Ministry of Education and Research (MEC), the National Bank of Romania (BNR), the Ministry of Public Finance (MFP), the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) and the Romanian Association of Banks (ARB) concluded a Collaboration Agreement in 2018 to develop the National Financial Education Strategy (SNEF), ISF has started a process of accreditation and implementation of two strategic programs, at national level, dedicated to teachers in the pre-university environment, emphasizes the cited source.
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