Next year = In line with the start of "financial education" classes in high schools from 2022, securities companies and banking industry groups will collaborate to dispatch instructors to schools.
The chairman of the Japan Securities Dealers Association and the Japanese Bankers Association held a joint press conference on the 27th and announced that they would work together to promote financial education initiatives.
Financial education is to learn about financial knowledge and planned asset formation utilizing stock investment and investment trusts, and from next year, classes will start as part of home economics at high school.
In line with this, both associations are planning to dispatch OBs and OGs who have retired from securities companies and banks to schools as instructors.
In addition, there is a survey result that only about 6% of the respondents answered that they have received financial education, so it is said that seminars and events will be jointly held not only for the younger generation but also for working adults. increase.
Toshio Morita, Chairman of the Japan Securities Dealers Association, said, "It is said to be the age of 100 years of life, and asset formation is important for living a prosperous life. I want to deliver financial education. "