{"id":613,"date":"2025-09-17T14:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/?p=613"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:02:09","slug":"power-teachers-africa-junior-achievement-uganda-and-financial-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/2025\/09\/17\/power-teachers-africa-junior-achievement-uganda-and-financial-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"POWER TEACHERS AFRICA, JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT UGANDA, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 3 September, Power Teachers Africa\u2019s CEO, Dr. Emmanuel Kamuli, \u201cwas privileged to be invited to attend the Junior Achievement Uganda Financial Literacy Forum held at MOTIV, Bugolobi, Kampala\u201d along with the headteacher of Power Teachers Africa\u2019s pilot school in eastern Uganda. Junior Achievement Uganda is one of Power Teachers Africa\u2019s valued partners and they are supporting the roll out of financial literacy support in our pilot school.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cha Ching forum drew participants from the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES), Prudential Uganda, Financial Literacy Association of Uganda, representatives of District Local Governments, Primary Teachers Colleges (PTCs) and several primary schools. The forum focused on how to scale up the benefits of imparting financial literacy among young people to foster healthy financial habits, responsible decision making, and preparation for real life challenges, reducing financial stress and encouraging economic empowerment.<\/span><\/p>\n

 School children and their teachers gave moving testimonies on how their involvement in the financial literacy projects has impacted their lives. The event climaxed with a panel of speakers including the Headteacher of our pilot school, the Principal of Ndegeya PTC, Desire, a pupil at Munyonyo PS, and representatives from the Financial Literacy Association and Prudential Uganda. <\/span><\/p>\n

All panellists spoke to the qualitative changes being witnessed in schools and communities which participate in the financial literacy programmes. Following the observation by Rachael Mwagale (ED JAU) that over 80% Ugandans spend their funds without budgets, there was a growing sense that financial literacy would make an important component of the national thematic and competence-based curricula, so that young people do not fall into the same pitfalls current adults experienced. <\/span><\/p>\n

In his remarks, the representative from the Teacher Education, Training and Development Department of MOES noted that provisions in the curricula can be strengthened to highlight financial literacy more systematically and that the Department will work with stakeholders to explore how best the teacher education curriculum can equip serving and trainee teachers with the necessary skills for imparting financial literacy training. Overall, this was a rewarding half day with a lot to reflect upon.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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