Check out! This Pakistani game is teaching youth much needed financial skills

The National Financial Literacy Program for Youth (NFLP-Y) has launched Pakistan’s first online financial literacy
28 Mar, 2020

The National Financial Literacy Program for Youth (NFLP-Y) has launched Pakistan’s first online financial literacy course which is delivered through an engaging and interactive game.

The game is called ‘POMPAK – Learn to Earn,’ it delivers its lessons in both English and Urdu language through a story-based game format designed to help understand and apply principles of financial literacy.

Users follow the story of two entrepreneurial families as they tackle personal, financial, and business decisions.

As the player of this game, the aim is to help the families create a successful business. “In just a couple of hours, users can master the essentials of saving, budgeting, borrowing, and banking, among many other topics.”

When users complete all the modules in the game, they'll get a prestigious certificate of financial literacy from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

As per NFLP-Y, the game is designed to work across all platforms laptops and mobile devices, whereas, the content we have developed targets three age-groups – Children (9-12), Adolescents’ (13-17), and Youth (18-29).

It can be mentioned here that NFLP-Y was launched by the National Institute of Banking & Finance (NIBAF), the aim of the program is to impart essential financial education to Pakistani youth and school going children for strengthening their money management skills and understanding of financial matters.

The game is available on both Google Play and the Apple App Store and can be downloaded from these links:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.knowledgeplatform.pompak&hl=en

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pompak-learn-to-earn/id1503676474?ls=1

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