Become Financially and Digitally Literate!

Become Financially and Digitally Literate!

Become Financially and Digitally Literate!

Project duration:
01/2018 – 01/2020

IDE’s role:
Partner

Thematic field:

Higher education financing

PROJECT VALUE

1.463.934,64 HRK

SOURCE OF FUNDING

European Social Fund

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:

By increasing financial literacy, we will achieve that secondary school pupils understand the language of personal finances and are aware of what information they need to have in order to make the right financial decisions. Pupils will learn how to manage personal finances and home budget, how to streamline costs, get familiar with bank business and cards, savings, loans, financial-related risks, and more. Additionally, they will learn to build their own personal financial plan for continuing their education, including information on all the costs of life and education, how can they found sources of funding for studies, what are scholarships,  why are  they are important and how to apply for them.

By increasing digital literacy, teachers will acquire competences for applying contemporary and innovative approaches to teaching that will make everyday teaching more functional, interesting and attractive, both for them and students.

 

MAIN OBJECTIVE:

The main objective of the project is to form a team of educational staff and educate it for the implementation of extracurricular activities within school curricula aimed at improving digital and financial literacy among students.

 

MAIN RESULTS OF THE PROJECT:

    • Workshops for teachers on the importance of adopting key competences and digital literacy on multiple locations
    • Training of educational staff for the implementation of interactive methods of teaching
    • Provision of training of educational staff for the development and implementation of curricula for the improvement of digital and financial literacy
    • Workshops with teachers to improve financial literacy in schools
    • Workshops with students on the subject of financial literacy
    • Workshop with teachers for the improvement of digital literacy in schools