The intersection of financial literacy and youth development
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Amongst these essential skills, financial literacy stands out as both crucial and frequently overlooked. Whilst traditional education focuses on academic excellence, it often neglects to teach children how to manage money, save for the future, or make informed financial decisions. This gap in education has far-reaching consequences, limiting opportunities, perpetuating cycles of poverty, and hindering economic mobility.
The good news? The tide is turning. Forward-thinking institutions increasingly recognise that financial literacy is not just a personal skill but a societal imperative. By investing in financial education alongside other development initiatives such as health and wellness. These organisations are shaping the leaders of tomorrow.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...