FSS: "Continuous Expansion of School Education"
The Financial Supervisory Service announced that, together with six financial associations including the Korea Federation of Banks, it held the 2025 "One Company, One School Financial Education Best Practices Awards Ceremony" at its headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 25th.
Financial Supervisory Service headquarters, Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. Financial Supervisory Service
The One Company, One School financial education program is a scheme under which headquarters and branches of financial companies across the country form sister partnerships with nearby elementary, middle, and high schools and provide financial education to students through experiential classes, on-site visits, and support for clubs.
About 100 people attended the awards ceremony, including Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chanjin, the heads of each financial association, school principals, teachers, and executives and employees of financial companies. Exemplary best practices in financial education were presented, and 80 individuals of merit received awards.
The Governor's Award of the Financial Supervisory Service went to 20 schools including Naeyu Elementary School, and to six institutions including KB Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank, NH Nonghyup Bank, DB Insurance, Hyundai Card, and Koryo Savings Bank.
Since the launch of the One Company, One School financial education program in July 2015, 8,988 schools nationwide have formed partnerships with 3,685 headquarters and branches of financial companies, and 669,000 people were educated over the past year. The partnered schools account for 75.7% of all elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide.
Through its key initiative, the "One Company, One School Jump-Up+Plus Program," the Financial Supervisory Service plans to strengthen promotion and communication with schools and teachers and to invigorate financial education in regional areas.
Within this year, it plans to develop and provide teaching aids for elementary schools and, in the first quarter, increase the number of middle schools offering financial education under the free-semester system from 250 last year to about 290.
For high schools, in order to support the stable establishment of "Finance and Economic Life," which is being offered as an elective subject starting this year, the Financial Supervisory Service plans to continue implementing teacher training twice a year, in January and July.
Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chanjin said, "The One Company, One School financial education program has become an important social foundation that goes beyond simply delivering financial knowledge and helps students form sound financial values," adding, "We plan to continue steadily expanding financial education going forward."
Meanwhile, in May, the Financial Supervisory Service plans to publish a collection of case studies on educational activities by the award-winning schools, teachers, student clubs, and financial companies, and distribute it to schools and other institutions.
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