MANAMA: The Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain Bourse (BHB) Shaikh Khalifa bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa honoured 60 students who took part in the TradeQuest Induction Programme.
The TradeQuest Induction Program, organized by BHB in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Events House to prepare high school students in Government Schools to participate in the TradeQuest Programme.
Shaikh Khalifa said he was pleased with the performance and commitment of the students who took part in the program despite their school work and other academic commitments, wishing them success in their studies.
Shaikh Khalifa praised the outstanding cooperation of the officials at the Ministry of Education who played a vital role in the success of the program, and thanked the school advisors for the support, encouragement, and advice they have given the students throughout the program.
The aim of the TradeQuest Induction Program is to familiarize students with the capital markets sector, including the basic investment terms and instruments. The program also aims to develop students’ presentation skills, and prepares them to join the TradeQuest Program that has been running for more than 18 years in cooperation with various financial institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The induction programme commenced in March 2014 with a series of awareness workshops to introduce students to the capital markets sector and provided them with the basic investment background. Students were then divided into teams consisting of 5 students, where teams virtually traded at BHB and NYSE for a period of three weeks and were also taught ways to manage their portfolio and make buy and sell decisions.