Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority supports integration of financial literacy into secondary school curriculum through Ministry of Education agreement with Japanese partners

Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority said it is providing technical support for a memorandum of understanding signed by the Ministry of Education, Hiroshima University and Japan's Sprix to integrate financial literacy into the second year of secondary school curricula. The authority presented the move as part of a broader effort to build financial awareness early and connect theoretical learning with practical understanding of investment, entrepreneurship and other non-bank financial sectors. Chairman Islam Azzam linked the initiative to rising youth participation in financial markets, with investors aged 18 to 40 accounting for about 79 percent of stock exchange investors and around 80 percent of investors in newer investment funds such as gold funds. Assistant Chairman Mohamed Abdelaziz said the authority's I invest initiative for schools and universities stages financial literacy by age and study level, then moves students from theory to simulated trading on market platforms using funds provided by supporting institutions that students cannot dispose of during the exercise. He added that a 2022 cooperation protocol with the Ministry of Higher Education has reached 12,000 students through 115 lectures and produced 66 certified financial awareness trainers across three programs.