The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) is encouraging financial literacy amongst Tobago’s secondary school students through its sponsorship of the competition – WizdomCRM Inter-regional Sustainable Stock Market Game. The game, which is powered by AI (artificial intelligence) technology, supports learning that aligns with the CSEC and CAPE syllabi. NGC came on board in Cycle 7 to provide an opportunity for 300 students from Bishops High School Tobago, Scarborough Secondary School, and Signal Hill Secondary to develop real- time and real-life skills in financial investment.
Cycle 7 of the competition, which ran from April – June 2024, represents the first time the Sustainable Stock Market Game moved beyond Trinidad and Tobago, to include student competitors from Guyana. The healthy inter-regional rivalry allowed the students to employ strategic thinking and risk management skills to outperform benchmarks like the S&P 500, while vying for a grand prize of TTD $10,000 and the coveted regional title. At the end of the game, Alloy Sammy of Bishops High School Tobago, emerged victorious.
Each student received a virtual portfolio of USD $25,000, enabling them to learn how to budget, save, and invest in companies on the gaming platform that mirrors the Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and US stock exchanges. This initiative approved by the Ministries of Education in the region also supports the UN Sustainability Development Goal 4, Quality Education for all.
