Credit cooperative provides financial education services to children and adolescents | The economy
Introducing the concepts of economic education since childhood, experts have basically pointed out to the development of skills that contribute to the formation of more consumer consumers and are ready to deal with the economic challenges of life.
Sikradi focusing on this audience provides many educational resources to children and adolescents. Credit cooperative provides playful and interactive equipment with the aim of supporting parents, guardians and faculty in the process of teaching about finance.
In activities, the economic education platform (sicredi.com.br/site/educacaofinanceira/), This combines courses and content focused on children’s practice. One of the ingredients is a course that uses characters from the Monica gang, along with comic books and economic concepts in the teaching path.
Adolescents can also access the gamed and interactive financial education course that provides free on the Sikredi Curseos platform (sicredi.com.br/nacomunidade/cursos), By creating a login.
According to Sikradi’s Strategic Planning Coordinator Alessandro Mediros, one of the collaborations is to inspire the development of economic skills from childhood. “We have a set of ingredients that support those who are responsible for this mission with children,” he said.
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Conscious decision making
Economic education is beyond the basic education of mathematical activities and tries to increase critical understanding of the value of money, consciousness and life -time economic decisions. For children and adolescents, this type of practice also contributes to the development of emotional intelligence, helps in the control of motivations, making planning and based decision.
In the family environment, simple methods can already be added to stimulate these concepts. Jono Gilherm, eight, one example: his mother, who is guided by the respiratory physiotherapist Anna Laura Pixo, performs household chores that cause small financial prizes.
“Every work has a value: bed, 20 cents; homework, true.
Experts believe that the family atmosphere plays a key role in the process. Children reproduce the financial habits observed at home so that organized and responsible parents contribute to the development of similar behaviors in their children.
According to expert Mediros, “Parents are facing financial difficulties such as debt and for -not forgotten events.
About Sikradi
Sikradi, which is a credit cooperative with over 2,800 agencies nationwide, currently serves more than 9 million members. The organization acts not only as a provider of financial services but also as an agent in promoting economic education, focusing on the establishment of conscious citizens from childhood.
As part of the northern region and Midwest, Sikredi is in 253 municipalities, with a network of 350 agencies and over 1.5 million members. This task strengthens cooperative commitment to regional development, one of the pillars of economic education social transformation.
*Under the supervision of Thalin Silva, Journalism Intern, Policy and Economy Center Coordinator Kaila Ferrera
