Yesterday (4) took place the final phase of the contest in light of the “Economics for All” economic education project of the Banco de Moçambique, across 22 select secondary schools nationwide, centered on 9th and 12th grade students. 

This phase welcomed the participation of 660 qualified students out of 2200 students in the first phase and comprised the presentation of the best works of writing, poetry, and video on basic inflation concepts and the activity of the central bank provided by brochures previously distributed to the target group.

In each province, the directors of branches of the Banco de Moçambique or their representatives announced the winners of the three contest categories and handed over prizes based on the evaluation of a jury composed of the teachers of the schools involved.

It is worth noting that the contest was launched on April 30 and comprised three phases, namely, a true/false questionnaire, in which 100 students from each school participated; electing the 30 best-ranked students per school who moved on to the second phase of the contest on writing, poetry, and video on the themes provided; and determining the winners and distributing their prizes.

This contest enjoyed the active participation of teachers chosen in each school to make up the jury, who accompanied the students in preparing and grading submissions.

The Banco de Moçambique intends to continue to hold this contest annually in other secondary schools nationwide, selected by the provincial directorates of education.