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Bhubaneswar, June 8: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in collaboration with the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will soon introduce financial markets management (FMM) course for Class IX in the forthcoming academic session.
Once the course is introduced, students will have the advantage of studying the theory of basic money management courses in Class IX and practical knowledge of financial markets in Class X.
School students will have to study NSE modules on numeric speed accelerator and functions of key accelerators in Class IX
and Class X respectively.
The subjects will be taught for 200 periods in each class. The theory papers for both classes will carry 60 marks and for practical papers 40 marks.
The CBSE has introduced financial markets management in Class XI and XII levels but the introduction of the same at secondary school level is seen as an initiative under vocational courses at par with the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) proposed by the Union Government.
CBSE has invited experts from financial market industries to design the curriculum. Existing teachers of economics, commerce and business studies have been trained by NSE as trainers in the newly introduced subjects.
Further, CBSE and NSE have been planning to conduct joint awareness workshops to popularise the programme. Both the houses will jointly provide ‘certificate of merit’ to the students.
The CBSE has asked interested schools who have adequate number of computers with internet facility to express their willingness to introduce the subjects. Such schools have been advised to apply by June 30 for introduction of the subjects.
