Skopje, 24 March 2021
Blagoja Trajceski and Mihail Atanasovski from the elementary school “St. Clement of Ohrid” from Bitola are the winners in the national competition and will represent our country at the finals of the European Money Quiz, which will be held virtually, on 20 April 2021, in English.
Today, in the competition held within the European Money Quiz, they achieved the best results, under the mentorship of Bojana Dimovska Gonovska and in competition of their peers from the entire country.
Bojana Angeleska and Zvezdana Duckinovik from the MES “Hristo Uzunov” from Ohrid, under the mentorship of Gorica Duckinovik, won the second place, while Filip Krsteski and Damjan Kocarevski from the MES “Hristo Uzunov” from Ohrid, under the mentorship of Gorica Duckinovik, won the third place.
The national competition, which was held virtually, with an opportunity to watch live on the channel of the Macedonian Banking Association on YouTube, was attended by 325 teams from 174 grades, i.e. classes from 72 elementary and secondary schools under the mentorship of 83 teachers and professors.
The quiz is a project of the European Banking Federation and aims to encourage the schools and the teaching staff in Europe to invest even more in the financial education of the students aged 13 to 15. Our country is for the third time part of this important project, initiated and organized by the Macedonian Banking Association, in cooperation with the National Bank and the Securities and Exchange Commission and with the support of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education and Science.
The winning team of the national competition of the European Money Quiz, the teams that won the second and third place, as well as their mentors will be awarded appropriate prizes.
We extend congratulations to the best, but also to all students, mentors and schools who have shown a high awareness about the great importance of financial literacy.
This year, Global Money Week takes place under the motto “Take care of yourself, take care of your money”.
