Thai bourse promotes financial literacy

Thursday 02 April 2009 07:47
The Thai bourse and government are teaching trainers from the Department of Skill Development, about financial management. These trainers, in turn, would train skilled laborers in how to manage their income and expenditures in the current recession.

“The Capital Market Development Fund (CMDF), part of the reorganized The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), will organize courses for the Department of Skill Development personnel who will be trainers, including e-Learning to enhance understanding and review knowledge after training. Participants can access the e-Learning program anywhere. This cooperation will enhance living standards, resulting in a more sustainable economy,” said SET President Ms. Patareeya Benjapolchai.

“This cooperation helps strengthen financial knowledge of participants, goes together with the principles of a sufficiency economy and develops skilled workers to be entrepreneurs or be more highly-qualified skilled labor”, said the Department of Skill Development Director-General Mr. Nakorn Silapaarcha.

“The CMDF’s aid will help make trainees more aware of the need to spend prudently, resulting in more knowledgeable labor force as a whole,” he added.

CMDF will also include a language program, (ELLIS), for the department to offer to its staff and the general public who are preparing to enter the labor market, whether domestic or overseas .