January 20, 2010 – Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad (BIBD) today held a workshop on Financial Planning for the students at Sultan Sharif Ali Secondary School in Kg Salambigar.

Some 220 students from Year 7 (Form 1) attended the workshop presented by Chartered Financial Consultant, Dayang Nurul Jafriah binti Abdullah.

The purpose of the workshop was to instill the culture of savings while teaching the students the importance of it. It was also to encourage students to begin saving as early as possible.

Nurul Jafriah during her presentation talked to the students on how to differentiate between a needs and wants. She also did a demonstration on how to accumulate savings.

According to Nurul Jafriah, an early introduction to financial planning would help these students to associate the term “financial planning’ as they develop in life. She hopes the students will be able to increase their awareness on the importance of planning for their future, begin saving as soon as possible and spend wisely.

To make the presentation interesting, activities relating to financial planning were carried out. This was to ensure that the presentation is relevant to their level of understanding.