Armavir area schoolchildren team became winner of the competition within CBA Month of My Finances Program

ArmInfo. On May 20, Armavir team  of students won the annual contest organized by the Central Bank  Month of My Finance and Youth Achievement SO program, which is aimed  at increasing financial literacy among the population.

Schoolchildren of Armavir region fought for the championship with  teams from Gegharkunik and Syunik areas. According to Maryam  Ter-Sahakyan, Armenian Central Bank public relations expert at the  Center for Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy, participants  were asked more difficult  and interesting questions than a year ago,  and they gave answers easily. "This shows that every year children  come more and more prepared," she said.

Head of the Center for Protection of Consumer Rights and Financial  Literacy of the Central Bank of Armenia Armenuhi Mkrtchyan noted that  the contest for schoolchildren has been held for the 5th consecutive  year, involving 10 regions of Armenia and Yerevan. "In total,  schoolchildren from 150 schools of Armenia competed for participation  in the semifinal. In addition to the financial segment, this year  included issues related to the environment, "she said.

Answering ArmInfo' question, she noted that this year the number of   willing to participate the events held within the My Month of Finance  program has significantly increased. "It was an unexpected surprise  for us, as previously we had to" force "to talk about finance. In the  same year - there was a significant progress in terms of increased  interest and personal initiative of the population to discuss the  given topic, asking questions of interest, and receiving answers,  "she said, referring to meetings in the" anti-cafe "format. According  to Mkrtchyan, the results of My Month of Finance program will be  summed up in mid-June 2017.

To note, by the initiative of CB, the program of "month of my  finances" started since October 1, 2014.  The program is aimed at  increasing confidence in finances among public and strengthening of  knowledge in sector of finances.