The Reserve Bank of Fiji in collaboration with its stakeholders, calls for nominations for this year’s National Microfinance Awards. The Awards recognise outstanding micro entrepreneurs and industry leaders in Fiji. Small business owners with an annual sales or turnover of up to $30,000 and successfully operating for at least three years and institutions that offer...
The Reserve Bank of Fiji launched the seventh edition of its student diary at PT Shreedhar Maharaj College in Nausori on Friday 17 February 2017. The Governor of the Reserve Bank, Mr Barry Whiteside said that a total of 4,000 copies were printed which will be distributed to 26 secondary schools around Fiji, mainly those...
Fiji was recently announced as the joint winner along with Mongolia for the Asia & Pacific region during the 2016 Global Inclusion Awards. This Award was given by Child Youth & Finance International (CYFI) to Fiji to recognise its efforts in promoting financial literacy amongst youth and children. Winners of this year’s Global Inclusion Awards were...
Reserve Bank of Fiji governor Barry Whiteside. Today, we will cover financial education in Fiji and how it contributes to financial inclusion. The Reserve Bank of Fiji co-hosted the annual Alliance for Financial Inclusion Global Policy Forum last week. What students are learning from Financial Education FIRST introduced only to a select number of “champion schools” in 2011,...
Welcome to the Reserve Bank of Fiji’s Public Awareness column. This article continues the series of articles on financial education in Fiji and how it contributes to financial inclusion. EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Paul Caginivalu, a Year 3 student at Assemblies of God Primary School in Nasinu, started collecting his savings in money boxes while in kindergarten. Two years...
Welcome to the Reserve Bank of Fiji’s Public Awareness column. This article continues the series of articles on financial education in Fiji and how it contributes to financial inclusion. THE reality for rural students at a boarding school such as Namosi Secondary School in the interior of Viti Levu is very different from their urban peers....
FOR school teacher Sosiceni Nawaqaliva, teaching iTaukei secondary school students about personal money management hits close to home. As the Head of Commerce at Nasikawa Vision College in Korolevu, Nawaqaliva is reminded of his own upbringing in Lautoka and the lessons he learned from his mother about the value of money, when he is teaching...
LEARNING about business in Year 9 sparked something in Ruci Lauvanua, now a Year 12 student at Adi Cakobau School in Sawani. A hands-on project in Commercial Studies class focused on setting up a business through the selling of Chinese lollies to fellow students. “We learned how to budget, how to calculate the value of...
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Adi Cakobau School student Veronica Tawake means business. What started as a means to pay for her cheerleading uniform has blossomed into a thriving little business for the Year 11 Pure Science student from Tailevu. What’s more, Veronica is managing to save and bank a chunk of the proceeds she makes from selling homemade...
