CSE to educate Undergrads and Teachers on Capital Market Investment

In a ground breaking achievement for capital market education the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Education Ministry have approved a programme proposed by the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) to conduct compulsory workshops for Undergraduate Students and Commerce Teachers across the country. The introductory sessions that were held recently saw avid interest generated from the parties involved.

Accordingly workshops will be conducted throughout the year at State Universities, National Schools and Provincial Schools across the island. In turn the workshops will have a reach of over 15,000 undergraduate students and a reach of nearly 13,000 teachers. These workshops intend on making capital market investment a prevalent topic of discussion amongst an important group of future investors and influencers.

For University Undergraduate Students the two day programme, conducted by the investor education arm of the CSE, will provide an introduction to personal financial planning and the role of the CSE in facilitating transactions within the capital market.
The aim of the programme is to motivate students to channel their savings or excess funds towards the capital market and give them an understanding of the alternative investment avenues available, while providing a theoretical and practical overview of the fundamentals of the market.

The first day of the workshop will cover the areas of savings and investment, investment opportunities, capital market processes and the benefits of investing in shares. The second day of the workshop will explain the role of the Stock Exchange as a facilitator, the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the role of listed companies, Stock brokers, investors and the capital market’s contribution to the economy.

In addition to this information the Teacher Training workshops will also focus on providing participants with an understanding of the basics necessary to analyze financial statements and the intricacies of investing in debt securities.

“The objective of the Teacher Training workshop programme is to educate an important and influential group of educators who will be catalysts in nurturing future investors to develop the ability to make informed investment decisions”, Mr. Rajeeva Bandaranaike, CEO of the CSE said.

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About CSE
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) operates the only share market in Sri Lanka and is responsible for providing a transparent and regulated environment where companies and investors can come together. The CSE is a company that is limited by guarantee established under the Laws of Sri Lanka. The CSE is licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and is a mutual exchange consisting of 15 Members and 15 Trading Members. All Members and Trading Members are licensed by the SEC to operate as Stockbrokers. For more information, please visit: www.cse.lk.

For more information:
Niroshan Wijesundere
Head of Market Development
Colombo Stock Exchange
Level 4, West Block,
World Trade Center, Echelon Square, Colombo 01.
Sri Lanka.
Direct + 94 112356510 Mobile + 94 777 819999 Fax + 94 112445279

No purpose of giving education on stock market operation in a mostly controlled economy at present . May be useful in future

No place for price mechanism or market forces in this country now

Best example is forced amalgamation financial institutions

Most of economic decisions are taken for the benefit of Few individuals who are under control of rulers

At least we need to educat our young generation to investment and important of financial planning.
Others wise we Will not able to make SL developed country.
This is from my personal experience.

When we were teens and early 20's ...there was no one to enlighten us abt investment ...
Only slogan we heaed
"ithuru koloth obath dinum ratath dinu "

Most of the develop countries ....students learn financial matters from primari school

Most of the develop countries ....students learn financial matters from primari school

undergraduates need discipline not this.

dsam wrote:undergraduates need discipline not this.

agreed with you   

dsam wrote:undergraduates need discipline not this.

They have discipline, they fight for your children. Except some wasted guys use it as a political advantage and selfish purposes.

But in overall they do it for next generation.

mark wrote:

dsam wrote:undergraduates need discipline not this.

They have discipline, they fight for your children. :)Except some wasted guys use it as a political advantage and selfish purposes.

But in overall they do it for next generation.

Well said mate.

This news is a JOKE for me.
They should bring more investors, for that, they should have good political stability on Policies with sound discipline ( Law and order).
All matters..... ! Building infrastructure only does not make any market...!

No one can improve stock market without allowing  market forces to work

Main problem to day is not the knowledge about capital market. But govt govt intervention.

From 1980s to 2009  knowledge level was below preset   level.
But not much govt intervention

After 2009 unnecessary intervention by the govt started

We all know what happen in 2011 due to govt intervention

After 2009 govt authorities tried to show abnormal upward trend

now try to control upward price movement

SEC should provide stock market training to students and teachers both at a subsidized cost. This is the only way one could attract new generation to the CSE.

They can perhaps use a stock market game like VstoX for this purpose.