BIBD continues with Financial Planning talks for students

HAVE YOU NOMINATED? TODAY IS THE LAST DAY!

A couple of days ago, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad (BIBD) held a Financial Planning talk for the students at Pusat Tingkatan Enam, Meragang.

Around 100 upper-six, A-level students attended the talk presented by Chartered Financial Consultant, Dayang Nurul Jafriah binti Abdullah.

The purpose of the talk was to instill the culture of savings while teaching the students the importance of it. It was also to encourage students to begin saving as early as possible.

According to Nurul Jafriah, “Students are our future leaders and we need to nurture them with understanding the fundamentals of making the right choices from the beginning. As role models, we should be able to share with them our past experiences and allow them to learn from the rights or wrongs we have encountered so far.”

These students, Nurul Jafriah added, have a long journey ahead of them and they can only sail through smoothly if they are equipped with the appropriate maps and elements which will help them prepare for the journey.

She hopes that by providing these young adults with such awareness, they can make better decisions along the way.

An early introduction to financial planning will help students to associate the term “financial planning’ as they develop in life. This will in turn help increase their awareness on the importance of planning for their future, begin saving as soon as possible and spend wisely.

To make the presentation interesting, activities relating to financial planning were carried out. This was to ensure that the presentation is relevant to their level of understanding.