Empowering Financial Education Initiatives Throughout the MENA Region
Campaign to Make Financial Education a Core Subject | #MakeFinEdCore
Elevating Financial Education to Core Subject Status – Same Rigor, Standards, and Priority as Foundation Subjects
The National Financial Educators Council partners with educators, institutions, and policymakers across MENA and beyond to elevate financial education from a peripheral topic to a core pillar of modern learning. Our mission is direct: make financial education a foundational academic subject and ensure that every learner has access to high quality, high impact instruction.
For decades, financial education has been treated as an optional add on rather than a subject that shapes lifelong opportunity. Across MENA and in many global systems, it still lacks the rigor, curriculum design, trained educators, and accountability frameworks that define true academic disciplines. Yet the financial choices young people make – about schooling, work, credit, and savings – carry long term consequences that influence their stability and well being.
Our Position
Our Position: Financial education is non negotiable. It deserves the same academic weight as any core subject, and every student in the MENA region should graduate equipped to make informed, real world financial decisions that shape both their present and their future.
#MakeFinEdCore Campaign Objectives
Increasing Access to Financial Education
Financial education continues to attract more and more attention across MENA, yet few people have access to consistent, top-grade learning opportunities.
The NFEC works to expand access by supporting educators, schools, community organizations, employers, and policymakers to deliver financial education programs that reach a wide range of populations. These efforts emphasize building more availability in schools, places of work, and communities – particularly for young people and underserved groups.
By expanding access to effective financial education, the goal is to help more individuals develop the knowledge, confidence, and systems they need to increase their long-term financial capability.
Raising Financial Education Standards
Improving financial capability takes more than sprinkling in a few lessons or running a short-term program. Real progress comes from high‑quality financial education built on structured curriculum, skilled educators, evidence‑driven instruction, and outcomes that can be measured – not guessed.
The NFEC champions a higher bar for the field, pushing financial education to stand shoulder‑to‑shoulder with core academic disciplines. That means elevating educator training and certification, designing competency‑based curriculum, delivering performance‑focused learning experiences, and implementing evaluation systems that track real‑world financial impact – not just classroom activity.