bea jacinto,
The UP Junior Finance Association (UP JFA) conducted the seminar series, “Project Sukli: Change for Change” for Grades 9-11 students of University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS) from September 17 to November 29.
A seminar for students who show passion in the field of business and finances, the aim of Project Sukli is to bring financial literacy to public schools proving that not only the well-educated and rich people get to talk about this topic. The organization also chose UPIS for its demographic because it has students from different social classes.
Having an interactive type of discussion, the seminar had four main topics namely Personal Finance, Entrepreneurship, Economics, and Investing.
In every week of the project, there were speakers from the field of finance who came to share their knowledge about financial literacy such as Benjie Sandoval, Assistant Professor at UP Diliman; Adrian Castro, Teaching Fellow at UP Diliman; and Zachari Fonacier, Director of JFund at UP JFA.
“Yung gusto namin not necessarily na mag-do well in the sense na maraming mag-attend. Yung do well for us is really, at the end of the program, we want them to know more about [financial literacy]. Really, to feel more confident about themselves with regards to finance kasi yun yung big problem na [napansin] namin especially with the kids. Even with educated students [they say], ‘finance yan baka mahirap baka masyadong complicated.’ We want to take that away [dahil] no matter anong gusto mong gawin sa buhay importante pa rin ang finance,” said Joseph Busto, director for Project Sukli.
“[Project Sukli] was really interesting since maraming iba't ibang fields and topics na pinag-usapan. Some sessions really taught me how I can start investing or engaging in the stock market as a student, and how different financial products work,” shared 10th grader Robert Ambat.
At the end of this project, the students who attended the seminar had a culminating activity at the UPIS Ramp Area, which aimed to integrate and use everything they learned from it. “Naapply po namin ang mga natutunan namin mula sa bawat session ng Project Sukli sa project,” said Magan Basilio, a Grade 10 student.
After UPIS, the organization plans to conduct the same seminar series for other public schools.//by Nica Desierto, Nico Javier and Bea Jacinto
UP JFA holds seminar series
The UP Junior Finance Association (UP JFA) conducted the seminar series, “Project Sukli: Change for Change” for Grades 9-11 students of University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS) from September 17 to November 29.
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| YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS. Students pose for a photo after the talk. Photo credit: Robert Ambat |
A seminar for students who show passion in the field of business and finances, the aim of Project Sukli is to bring financial literacy to public schools proving that not only the well-educated and rich people get to talk about this topic. The organization also chose UPIS for its demographic because it has students from different social classes.
Having an interactive type of discussion, the seminar had four main topics namely Personal Finance, Entrepreneurship, Economics, and Investing.
In every week of the project, there were speakers from the field of finance who came to share their knowledge about financial literacy such as Benjie Sandoval, Assistant Professor at UP Diliman; Adrian Castro, Teaching Fellow at UP Diliman; and Zachari Fonacier, Director of JFund at UP JFA.
“Yung gusto namin not necessarily na mag-do well in the sense na maraming mag-attend. Yung do well for us is really, at the end of the program, we want them to know more about [financial literacy]. Really, to feel more confident about themselves with regards to finance kasi yun yung big problem na [napansin] namin especially with the kids. Even with educated students [they say], ‘finance yan baka mahirap baka masyadong complicated.’ We want to take that away [dahil] no matter anong gusto mong gawin sa buhay importante pa rin ang finance,” said Joseph Busto, director for Project Sukli.
“[Project Sukli] was really interesting since maraming iba't ibang fields and topics na pinag-usapan. Some sessions really taught me how I can start investing or engaging in the stock market as a student, and how different financial products work,” shared 10th grader Robert Ambat.
At the end of this project, the students who attended the seminar had a culminating activity at the UPIS Ramp Area, which aimed to integrate and use everything they learned from it. “Naapply po namin ang mga natutunan namin mula sa bawat session ng Project Sukli sa project,” said Magan Basilio, a Grade 10 student.
After UPIS, the organization plans to conduct the same seminar series for other public schools.//by Nica Desierto, Nico Javier and Bea Jacinto
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