NBK celebrates conclusion of Bankee program for 2024/2025 academic year

Kuwait Times

6 days ago

More than 32,000 students and 7,200 teachers benefited
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait held the closing ceremony of "Bankee" program for the 2024/2025 academic year, celebrating the achievements made over the year in several public and private schools in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, the Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha), and Creative Confidence. The festive ceremony, which was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, featured a special honoring of the 630 teachers who trained Bankee students in more than 60 public and private schools in Kuwait during the academic year, in recognition of their pivotal role in achieving the program's goal of increasing financial awareness and literacy among students.
During the ceremony, several success stories and achievements of schools participating in the program were showcased, reflecting its positive impact on students and the school community. In its third edition, Bankee saw the participation of more than 60 schools, benefiting more than 32,000 students and 7,200 teachers. On this occasion, Manal Al-Matar, EVP - Head of Group Corporate Communications said: 'We are pleased with the remarkable success achieved by Bankee for the third consecutive year, especially as it effectively contributed to enhancing the students' financial awareness with its distinctive classroom design and instilling core values such as honesty, integrity, responsibility, and cooperation, positively impacting their behavior and as witnessed by parents and teachers.'
Al-Matar added: "This remarkable success is the result of our fruitful collaboration with our strategic partners, the Ministry of Education and the Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha). We strongly believe in the importance of private-government collaborations that aim to provide the youth with the knowledge and skills they need, which are the foundation for the prosperity of individuals and Kuwaiti society."
For their exceptional efforts, Al-Matar commended the teachers and emphasized that their unwavering commitment to implementing the program's content in classrooms has contributed to its success. The teachers excelled in guiding the students to set their financial goals, monitoring their progress, and providing the necessary support to ensure the successful implementation of the classroom economy model.
Moreover, Al-Matar emphasized NBK's leadership in the field of social responsibility and its long-standing relationship with society. She also noted that the continuous support and supervision of the program's implementation by NBK's executive management is a remarkable indication of its significance, as they have madeseveral visits that were also attended by parents who expressed great pleasure with the positive changes they saw in their children's behavior and financial literacy.
Dr Hussein Al-Sabbaghah
Maryam Al-Enezi
Manal Al-Mutair
It should be noted that NBK is deeply committed to society and human resources development, which is the cornerstone of growth and prosperity, particularly in the field of education. More on Bankee program, the Bankee digital platform acts as a virtual bank inside the school, where students receive their financial allocations, such as salaries and bonuses, and pay fines through account deductions. Students also use their accounts to pay their financial obligations, such as rent, water and electricity bills, and make purchases from the Bankee store on school campus, simulating real-life financial transactions.
Bankee truly embodies private-government collaborations that build an informed and responsible generation capable of facing financial challenges efficiently and transparently, which is a concept strongly supported and promoted by the bank as part of its social responsibility efforts. NBK will continue to support all national initiatives that enable Kuwaiti youth to contribute to Kuwait's prosperity, as it believes that investing in students from a young age and providing them with educational support as per international standards will build a generation capable of elevating Kuwait's reputation in all fields.