6,260 pupils enrolled in the national finals of the European Money Quiz financial education competition

Bucharest, 28 March 2024 - More than 6,260 pupils, aged 13-15, from 390 schools, high schools and colleges nationwide enrolled in the 6^th edition of the national finals of the European Money Quiz organized by the Romanian Association of Banks in partnership with the National Bank of Romania, the Financial Supervisory Authority, the Ministry of Finance and the Romanian Banking Institute. The European Money Quiz is a European competition that took place during Global Money Week and European Money Week in March 2024, which are international awareness-raising programmes on increasing financial and digital literacy.

Following the three sessions organised this year in the national competition European Money Quiz, the first place was won by pupils from Bucharest, respectively from Spiru Haret National College of Bucharest, ”Nicolae Labiș” Secondary School of Bucharest and School no. 41 of Bucharest.

In each session, first place winners receive a net prize of RON 3,000, second place winners receive RON 2,000 and third place winners receive RON 1,000.

Among the first place winners, two pupils with the best score, from Spiru Haret National College of Bucharest and ”Nicolae Labiș” Secondary School of Bucharest, will represent Romania and will compete in the European finals of the European Money Quiz financial education competition, which will take place on 19 April 2024 in Brussels.

More than 30 European countries are taking part in the competition and the winners will receive the title of European money champions in 2024 and cash prizes.

The National Bank of Romania, the Financial Supervisory Authority, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and the Romanian Association of Banks are carrying out joint financial education programmes and have developed the draft National Financial Education Strategy to be approved by the end of the second quarter of this year. Increasing the level of financial education contributes to improving the financial resilience of citizens, individual economic well-being and economic development.