kohima the centre in recent years has laid a lot of emphasis on streamlining education so that it focuses on employability in consonance with this the nagaland board of school education nbse has introduced a course in financial market management for students of classes xi and xii from the academic year 2014 the nbse is attempting to enhance the financial literacy of school graduates so that they are on a par with students all over the world the board wants to bring about a paradigm shift in school education from pure academics to orientation towards skill development and employability while maintaining the scope of vertical mobility for higher education the financial market management fmm programme addresses core areas of finance such as financial market basics mutual funds capital market and derivative market so that students can be employed readily in the coming years the course also offers joint certification with the national stock exchange nse as all the students have to appear for the industry recognized nses certification in financial markets modules in financial markets to facilitate the implementation of the program nbse and nse jointly organized a fiveday workshop for training of teachers last week at the nbse conference hall in kohima the training began with nbse chairperson asano sekhose welcoming the teachers to the workshop she spoke on the importance and relevance of financial markets in todays world order eminent financial coach arindam bakshi pgdbm iit kgp conducted the workshop for 25 teachers representing 15 higher secondary schools and colleges the workshop encircled important financial concepts of capital market and derivative market operations fundamental valuation concepts mutual fund structure and analysis practical skills and scheme of subjects for the course