SEBI Wants Financial literacy
Students at higher secondary level may soon find questions on IPOs, secondary markets, mutual funds and the like in their exam papers, if SEBI has its way.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has been in talks with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to introduce financial literacy as a part of the school syllabus.
Mr U.K. Sinha, Chairman, SEBI, said that at a recent meeting of the Human Resource Ministry, members of CBSE agreed in principle to weave some elements of financial literacy through the curriculum for higher secondary students. “We are making progress towards it, and it may happen soon,” he said. The SEBI chief was here on Monday to address a Regional Investor Seminar on ‘Securities market and the common man'.
