Stanbic unveils 8th edition of National Schools Championship Programme
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Sarah Mateke, Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (3rd-right) together with Stanbic Bank executives and partners pose for a group photo during the official unveiling of the NSC programme season 8 at Crested Towers on March 30.
Stanbic Bank has officially unveiled the 8th edition of the National Schools Championship programme to further support Uganda’s economic resilience.
Unveiled on March 30 in Kampala, the programme, which has been running for the last seven years has impacted 420,000 students across the country and expanded opportunities by empowering young people with employable and entrepreneurial skills, according to the lender’s executives.
The annual challenge is aimed at nurturing participants into a generation of innovative job creators with knowledge and life skills such as managing personal finance, entrepreneurship, and business management.
Annually, 600 business ideas are mooted by the students and to date, 187 startups have been brought to life along with numerous growth stories from alumni and patron teachers as a direct result of the championship.
The overall theme is ‘Empowering the job creators of tomorrow’, with the 2023 tagline ‘Powering Innovation for Job Creation’, intended to encourage learners to develop innovative solutions to the challenges in their communities.
Stanbic Bank is the anchor subsidiary in Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited which in turn is part of Standard Bank Group, the largest African banking group by assets.
Emma Mugisha, the Stanbic Bank Executive Director said, “We cannot reach the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals without investing in youth skills. As Stanbic Bank, we are exceedingly proud of the Championship. It is our flagship CSI initiative and we are also proud of our long partnership with the Ministry of Education and Sports, to empower young people to play their future roles in the economic development of this country.”
Mugisha also appreciated the partners that have been a part of the National Schools Championship over the years – The implementing partner, Investors Club, NBS, Roofings, Total, PWC and International University of East Africa (IUEA).
The main categories are; Start-ups which involves new schools and innovative ideas (81 schools) and Biz Grow that judges businesses continuing in schools with 19 schools competing. The other categories are Alumni (AlumGrow Challenge) and teachers (TeachGrow Challenge).
