Nigerian Exchange Group Essay Competition The Essay Competition is one of the financial literacy and inclusion initiatives implemented by the Nigerian Exchange Group aimed bridging the gap in classroom learning with practical knowledge required for long-term personal financial planning. The competition’s overall goal is to develop a culture of wealth creation amongst our youth towards “Building a Financially Savvy Generation”. Now in its 19th year, the Competition has inspired over 108,000 young people in more than 22,000 schools across Nigeria. Global Money Week Every year, The Nigerian Exchange Group commemorates Global Money Week by hosting a series of educational programmes designed to help children understand the concepts of, saving, investing, creating livelihood, gaining employment, entrepreneurship and how money works. The activities include sounding of the Closing Gong, excursions to the trading floor, interactive session with CEO, financial literacy fair and school outreach programmes. X-Tours (School Excursions to the Exchange) Over the years, the X-Tour has become a platform to stimulate students’ interest on the capital through an excursion to the premises of the Exchange to experience a ‘live’ view of operations and gain hands-on knowledge from capital market thought leaders. In addition, students participating in X-Tours are exposed to the concept of sustainable development, which was introduced to help students understand the correlation between the financial industry, economic growth and the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2019, over 9000 participants from over 50 schools participated in the X-Tours programme. Adopt-A-School Initiative The Nigerian Exchange Group supports efforts to increase access to free quality education for all. Therefore, to contribute to building a pipeline of future leaders who can contribute to sustainable development for future generations, the Group initiated the “Adopt-A-School” initiative, which was launched with the commissioning of a Learning and Development Centre donated to Oke-Odo Junior College, Abule-Egba, Lagos. The initiative is aimed at addressing the challenges experienced by schools in Nigeria through facility and process improvement, empowerment of teachers, and intellectual advancement of students. Borno Education Intervention In 2017, Nigerian Exchange Group built Maisandari Alamderi Model Nursery and Primary School to help Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno State to access quality education. The school was created as a model for primary education in the North-Eastern region. Implemented in collaboration with the renowned Bridge International Academies, the initiative strengthens the delivery of quality education in Borno State by deploying technology and specialized educational content, which helps local teachers embrace new teaching techniques to transform the education outcomes for their pupils.