Strengthening financial literacy in basic education

Shirley Evangelista Balajadia

The Department of Education (DepEd), together with the BDO Foundation Inc. and Huawei Technologies Phils. Inc., launched the Search for the Best Supplemental Learning Materials in the Teaching of Defined Key Concepts in Science and Mathematics to strengthen financial literacy in basic education.

Officials fully support financial literacy, as educators are trying to teach learners the basic concepts of financial literacy so that they will also know how to manage their finances, especially in these trying times.

The Search for the Best Supplemental Learning Materials (SLM) aims to foster innovation, creativity, and flexibility for the teachers and integrate financial literacy concepts in basic education curriculum. The winning SLMs will be added to the roster of SLMs that can be used by other teachers to capacitate learners on the importance of budgeting and saving.

Math and Science provides the basics in life and also the steps to enjoy art, BDO officials said. The initiatives on working on this project with Huawei is an efficient way on spreading the education in Science and Math, and also financial literacy which is of paramount importance to our economy.

Meanwhile, Huawei’s mission is to bring digital technology to every home and organization to be fully connected. They would like to continue this CSR program in the hopes that more people will benefit from it in the future.

The Search is open to all Science and Mathematics teachers in public and private, elementary or junior high. The deadline for submission for regional entries will end on January 15, 2022, while national entries are on January 31, 2022. The judging period will commence from February 7 to April 8, 2022, while the deliberation will be from April 18 to 22, 2022. The awarding of winners will be on April 29, 2022.

For more information about the Search, refer to DepEd Memorandum 083, s. 2021. https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/DM_s2021_083.pdf.

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The author is Teacher I at Sta. Lucia Elementary School