The MFSA, the Career Guidance Unit within the Education Division and the Secretariat for Catholic Education have, for the second year running, worked upon and concluded a job exposure programme during which seventy seven secondary school students at form four had the opportunity to experience different work environments within the financial services sector. This initiative was undertaken to continue to promote a number of careers within the financial services sector.
As in 2009, the programme complemented the exposure that was already being provided to the same category of students during periodic familiarisation visits to the MFSA during their scholastic year. The programme involved two separate groups of students and was held during the week starting July 5, and the one starting on July 12, 2010. In recognition of the efforts being undertaken in this regard, 19 organisations covering the whole spectrum within the local financial sector participated in the programme together with the MFSA. The salient features of the project were as follows:
The students currently at Form 4 level, from government, independent and Church schools observed a number of jobs both of a technical and administrative nature that are typical of the sector. The students were requested to log down their observations and exchange views both with their mentors and with the school counsellors that were monitoring them during the programme.
Job exposure placements did not carry any remuneration and were subject to all the rules and policies (including those related to health and safety and student personal welfare) that were applied by the participating entities.
An award ceremony took place on July 23, and students were awarded a certificate of achievement issued jointly by the MFSA Education Consultative Council and the Career Guidance Unit.
The award ceremony was attended by the participating students, their parents and also representatives from the financial sector organisations and firms that were involved in the programme.
The organisations involved were: MFSA, Malta Stock Exchange, Finance Malta, Malta International Training Centre, HSBC Bank Malta plc, Bank of Valletta plc, BANIF Bank, Sparkasse Bank Malta plc, RSM Malta, KPMG, Deloitte, Price WaterhouseCoopers, Middlesea Group, Jatco Insurance Limited, Elmo Insurance Limited, Gasan Mamo Insurance Limited, Atlas Insurance Limited, Mediterranean Insurance Brokers Limited, Marsh Management Services Malta Limited and PSA Insurance Limited.