Financial Education for underprivileged children

The project is aimed at boys, girls and young people from 6 to 18 years old who attend primary, secondary and upper secondary in schools of the EDUCA NETWORK. The 15 schools are located in Mexico City, Chiapas, the State of Mexico, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo León and Querétaro. Of these schools, 13% are in areas with a very high and high degree of marginalization, 60% are between a medium and low level of marginalization and 27% in areas with a very low level of marginalization.

Ahorra y Emprende is implemented in 14 schools and 15 campuses, directly benefiting 103 teachers and coordinators, 3,025 girls, boys and young people, and indirectly 4,538 parents.

The project benefits girls, boys and young people at the primary, secondary and upper secondary levels. The children's section that considers the participation of primary school students has a total of 1,775 students and the youth section that integrates secondary and high school students has a total of 1,250. 55% are women and 45% are men.

Initial training for coordinators and teachers
The initial training for the 2021-2022 school year was carried out virtually, attended by 67 teachers and coordinators from the 15 schools that implement the project.

The training lasted 3 hours, with the objective that coordinators and teachers knew the structure, methodology and operational planning, as well as the structure of project I. During the session, the dosage of the sessions was reviewed considering the 4 stages of the methodology by projects, reaching the knowledge, practices and attitudes corresponding to the competences to be achieved in project I.

For the teachers who could not attend the virtual session, the video of the training was shared with them for their study and attention to the indications and agreements, closing the doubts with individual sessions.

Indicators
• 65% of teachers took the training synchronously and 35% asynchronously.
• 100% of the teachers received initial training to identify the content, methodology and materials used in the implementation of the program.
• Provided 3 hours of teacher training at the beginning of the school year.

Delivery of guides for teachers and students
Both teachers and students have a work guide, which allows them to acquire knowledge and develop the expected learning. The following table shows the number of printed materials distributed this school year.