OREANDA-NEWS. May 30, 2012. Financial literacy program for JuniorBank students is recognized as one of the most useful educational programs in Ukraine at the "Education and Career 2012"international exhibition annually held by Department of Education and the National Academy of Education of Ukraine. For the first time in educational forums’ history gold medal for methods of teaching in schools development received a banking program that became one of the most popular educational initiatives in Ukraine today.

"Today more than 300 thousand of our children receive the most necessary and interesting economic skills in JuniorBank, teachers of every fourth Ukrainian school is drawing on our teaching methods. In our program we use not only practical skills but also theoretical basis and materials developed by our educational partner Alfred Nobel University (Dnipropetrovs’k) - says the Head of JuniorBank Tatiana Dashevskaya - today we started to expand financial literacy programs - a school for young programmers, where children will learn algorithms and programming, opens now in JuniorBank. "

JuniorBank national financial literacy program is fundamentally different from the usual school programs and courses. First of all, it's a fascinating, interesting material, cartoons, presentations, games, and even a social network for young bankers. There is a cartoon-game training program developed for the youngest students and a possibility of economics, business and finance practical studying for high school students to help them choose their future profession. The unique Junior plastic card, issued with the consent and under supervision of parents, makes it possible not only to use "adult" features and banking services but also to communicate with their peers around the world.

The JuniorBank educational program started in 2009 in Ukraine. Today JuniorBank operates in Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Latvia, bringing together more than 325’000 students. The PrivatBank project not only provides free practical studying on financial services for children and teenagers but also supports the sports and a healthy lifestyle programs for students.