Our Financial Literacy Clubs teach youths to make smarter financial decision early, using various fun activities, games and online tools.
Nnenna Mosugu
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Read MoreFinancial Literacy Curriculum
Our curriculum will ensure that students:
Understand the value of a college education:
- Career planning and earnings potential
- The importance of graduating
- Career planning and earnings potential
- The importance of graduating
Make and follow a personal budget
- Track personal income and expenses
- Understanding budgeting rules of thumb
- Track personal income and expenses
- Understanding budgeting rules of thumb
Understand loans and credit
- Basic terms and disclosure rules
- Responsible vs. Excessive borrowing
- Loan amortization
- Good and bad loans
- Assets and Liabilities
- Basic terms and disclosure rules
- Responsible vs. Excessive borrowing
- Loan amortization
- Good and bad loans
- Assets and Liabilities
Understand the role of finances in the context of setting life goals
Make first steps into employment after graduation
- Self-employment
- Entrepreneurship
- Evaluating job offers
- Student loan repayment
- Self-employment
- Entrepreneurship
- Evaluating job offers
- Student loan repayment
Understand banking basics
- Checking and saving accounts
- Debit cards
- Interest and other banking terms
- Checking and saving accounts
- Debit cards
- Interest and other banking terms
Understand and purchase insurance
Including auto, renters, health, home, and life insurance.
Including auto, renters, health, home, and life insurance.
Know how to plan for the future
- Establishing an emergency fund
- Plan for major expenditures
- Rationally make big financial decisions
- Investment terms and instruments, including retirement
- Establishing an emergency fund
- Plan for major expenditures
- Rationally make big financial decisions
- Investment terms and instruments, including retirement
Make plans for charitable giving
Be able to take personal responsibility and have a sense of personal agency for one’s financial situation
