Ladyville Tech Partners With N.B.B. to Teach Students Financial Literacy
The National Bank of Belize (N.B.B.) and Ladyville Technical High School are partnering to teach financial literacy to students at the institution. Today, a team from N.B.B. visited the school to engage a group of third and fourth form students. There was a lot of information to take away from the session. We spoke with a few of the participants about how they will apply the lessons they received.
Shary Medina
Shary Medina, Marketing Manager, N.B.B.
“The conversation goes back to being knowledgeable of financial spending, financial literacy. It has to do with collaborating with young people where they can become very financially knowledgeable as to how spending is done, budgeting is done, investments are done.”
Mirna-Paul Grinage
Mirna-Paul Grinage, Chair, LTHS Investment and Marketing Committee
“We thought that as Ladyville Technical High School we should be pioneers, we should lead. We want to teach our students to be pioneers as well and taking that initiative we thought it would have been an excellent venture. So our chair, Senator Isabel Bennett was grateful to speak to the National Bank and then we started this initiative.”
Rosita Meighan
Rosita Meighan, Student, LTHS
“This morning event I learnt that financial literacy has to do with budgeting and how to spend your money and save your money.”
Artha Berges
Artha Berges, Student, LTHS
“We are very young and we are getting older and it is very important to teach us how to deal with our money and handle it so that we don’t be in debts further on in life.”
Nisani Beckles
Nisani Beckles, Student, LTHS
“This morning’s conversation was very interesting, but one thing that really stuck with me was mainly the topic about financial literacy, meaning understanding and learning how to distribute our money correctly, meaning a wise way.”
Kalisha Moody
Kalisha Moody, Student, LTHS
“When you borrow a loan it is to help you invest in a business. For me I didn’t borrow a loan to help with my business, because I have my own business doing hair I love. I will say I learn a lot from the bank. With the bank you take time to pay off, but indeed you still will get your money.”
Marvin Card
Marvin Card, Student, LTHS
“For me I think it is very important because I am a prospective graduate which will help me how to budget and save my money while I go along in the future, not only now but as I get older.”
Financial literacy courses will be integrated into the school’s curriculum in the upcoming school year, according to the school’s management.
