Al Salam Bank and Canadian School Bahrain launch the Youth-oriented ‘Junior Banking Program’

Al Salam Bank and Canadian School Bahrain launch the Youth-oriented ‘Junior Banking Program’

Al Salam Bank and Canadian School Bahrain (CSB), the first certified BC Curriculum school in Bahrain, have recently collaborated to launch the “Junior Banking Program”. The one-of-a-kind initiative aims to provide students with hands-on experience and develop their financial literacy skills from a young age, setting a solid foundation for a brighter future, embedding a heightened awareness of financial responsibility, and equipping students with core life skills in the likes of the basics of money management and healthy saving habits. The application window for students to enrol is currently open, where the program is set to kick off in March 2022, with the inaugural program dedicated to students in grades 5 and 6. In the future, the program will seek to maximize the number of graduates by tailoring the program across several academic levels, and expanding to include middle and high school students. A branch of Al Salam Bank will be set up at the Canadian School, educating primary school students with all the basic tasks of the employees that work at branches of any given bank such as client service representatives, branch managers, bank tellers, and CEO. Each student will be assigned a specific task and taught the basics