CSE to educate undergrads, teachers on Capital Market investments
View(s):The University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Education Ministry have approved a scheme proposed by the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) to conduct compulsory workshops for undergraduate students and commerce teachers across the country on capital markets, according to a CSE media release.
Workshops will be conducted throughout the year at state universities, national schools and provincial schools across the island. In turn the workshops will have a reach of over 15,000 undergraduate students and nearly 13,000 teachers. These workshops intend on making capital market investment a prevalent topic of discussion amongst an important group of future investors, it said.
For undergraduate students the 2-day programme, conducted by the investor education arm of the CSE, will provide an introduction to personal financial planning and the role of the CSE in facilitating transactions within the capital market.
The aim of the programme is to motivate students to channel their savings or excess funds towards the capital market and give them an understanding of the alternative investment avenues available, while providing a theoretical and practical overview of the fundamentals of the market, the release said.
The teacher training workshops will also focus on providing participants with an understanding of the basics necessary to analyse financial statements and the intricacies of investing in debt securities.