Malta placed sixth overall in an international financial literacy competition which was held online on April 20 for teenagers between 13 and 15 years of age from all over Europe.
Keira Privitera from St Clare College Secondary School Pembroke and Jamie Scerri Richard from St Edward’s College, both 15 years of age, represented Malta in the European Money Quiz 2021 Finals.
Malta competed in the quiz for the first time, after the teenagers won a competition in which several schools participated. This national competition was organised locally by the Malta Bankers Association (MBA) in collaboration with the Home Economics Seminar Centre (HESC) within the Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes of the Ministry for Education.
The Malta Bankers’ Association (MBA) organised a series of events and activities in conjunction with European Money Week (EMW) and Global Money Week, which this year was held between March 22 and 26.
The EMW 2021 events included also a first ‒ a local competition among eligible students aimed at selecting participants representing Malta for the European Banking Federation (EBF)’s European Money Quiz, which will be held in April.
This was the seventh year that EMW was held in Malta, although last year, almost all events had to be cancelled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
EMW is characterised by a series of financial education events organised by national banking associations across Europe, under the coordination of the EBF of which the MBA is a member.
Baku, February 23, AZERTAC
The Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Association of Banks of Azerbaijan will hold a European Money Quiz on March 12, 2021 among schoolchildren aged 13-15.
The European Money Quiz is a competition for financial literacy among students from 28 European countries (see last year s competition and questions: https://youtu.be/3DJtz2Aeyww). The event consists of two main stages - the national and European finals. The two winners of the national finals will qualify for the European finals. Valuable gifts await the winners of both national and European finals.
Terms of participation
- The age of the participant should be between 13-15 years. That is, on March 12, 2021 (in the national finals) must be 13 years old and under 16 years old.