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The Ministry of Education, represented by the Undersecretary for Administrative and Financial Affairs’ Office, organized a ceremony to honor the students who won the Khazna competitions in financial literacy, and the schools that excelled in activating financial days and weeks. The ceremony was held under the patronage of HE Majid bin Said Al Bahri, Undersecretary for Administrative and Financial Affairs, Chairman of the Main Committee of the Khazna Project for Instilling Financial Literacy Principles in School Students. The ceremony was attended by Dr. Faisal Al Farsi, CEO of the Social Protection Fund, Sayyida Sana bint Hamad Al Busaidi, Advisor to the Minister of Education, Directors-General of the Ministry’s General Diwan, school principals, teachers, and students.

The ceremony included a piece of the Royal Anthem, and a recording of verses from the Holy Quran recited by student Mohammed Al Rawahy from Al Azhar Bin Mohammed Al Azki Basic Education School in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate. This was followed by a welcoming segment entitled: “I am Omani” by students from Al Ola Basic Education School in Muscat Governorate. This was followed by a video clip entitled: “The Financial Treasury for a Better Tomorrow”, prepared by student Odai Al Busaidi from the grade 11 at Malik Bin Fahm Boys School in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate.

After that, Dr. Haifa bint Ahmed Al Maamari, Director of the Khazna project to instill the principles of financial culture in school students, delivered a speech in which she said: “Promoting financial culture is no longer an intellectual luxury, but rather an urgent necessity to improve the management of financial resources and reduce their risks, which reflects positively on the stability and sustainability of the national economy. Therefore, the Ministry of Education has been keen to address this issue through a project aimed at instilling financial literacy principles among school students. This project, Khazna, is being implemented in cooperation with banks operating in the Sultanate of Oman under the umbrella of the Central Bank of Oman. This project is aligned with the objectives and goals of Oman Vision 2040, which aims to prepare a financially conscious generation that possesses the knowledge and skills to build a diversified and sustainable economy, as financial literacy is one of the essential skills of the future and a requirement for sustainable development, which our students must be equipped with.”

She added: "Our students participating in the Khazna Financial Literacy Competitions, across its five categories (theatrical writing, best awareness film, best report, short story, and visual arts at three age levels), demonstrated a spirit of challenge and ambition. They proved that today's generation is capable of consciously engaging with the concepts of money and economics, thus enhancing the culture of responsibility and financial independence. The number of student entries exceeded 5,300 in the various categories mentioned.”

After that, an artistic segment carried within it a touch of feeling and a spirit of heritage, with rhythm, color, and imagination, for moments of brilliance and pride to the tunes of authentic art, presented by the student Abdulaziz Al Ya’arubi and the student Zayed Al Ma’awali from Saad Bin Al Rabee’a Basic Education School in South Al Batinah, followed by the patronage of the ceremony honoring the students who won the first three places in the “Khazna Competitions in Financial Culture”, in its five fields and the distinguished schools in activating the Arab Day of Financial Inclusion, which falls on (27) April of each year, and the distinguished schools in activating the World Investor Week, and the distinguished educational directorates in activating the financial days and weeks, and the evaluation committees, and the technical team of the ceremony. On the sidelines of the ceremony, an exhibition was held that included the artistic paintings that won first places in the field of visual arts.