THE provincial finals of the Grade 11 speech contest saw 16-year-old eShowe High School pupil Bongumusa Nkwanyane achieving his dream of pursuing his tertiary studies in the field of financial planning.
This is thanks to a study bursary he won as a prize.
He also walked away with a Tablet, 40 Screen LCD Smart TV and a certificate.
Accepting the prizes, he said he was in the business stream at school.
‘I got interested in the finance field. During the process of the contests, I have learnt to be myself and to deal with people and handle public speaking and I hope to transfer some of the skills I have learnt to other students,’ he said.
Nkwanyane beat 11 other contestants during a tight race for the number one spot during the annual competition.
The organisers are the KwaZulu-Natal Financial Literacy Association (KZNFLA) under the In-School Youth Focus Group in collaboration with the Financial Practitioners Development Trust and the KZN Department of Education.
The aims of the speech contest are, amongst others, to highlight provincial treasury’s role in encouraging careers in finance, promote financial literacy in KZN schools, create awareness of consumer rights and available support systems.
