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The 4th College Finance Course for Charity started on September 15 2018 at eight universities in northern, southern, eastern, and middle Taiwan. There were nine classes in total. This year, 587 newly graduates from 47 universities and colleges enrolled on the course. Wellington L. Koo, Chairperson of Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), went to National Taichung University of Science and Technology (NTUST) to give remarks to the students.

The 4th College Finance Course for Charity started in several places in Taiwan. FSC Chairperson and head of the course Wellington L. Koo (sixth person from the left) went to Taichung to give encouraging remarks. Distinguished guests were also there to show their support, including Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung, (fifth person from the left), TDCC Chairman & CEO Sherman Lin (sixth person from the right), NTUST President Xie Jun-Hong (fourth person from the left), Joint Credit Information Center Chair Guo Jin-Zhong (fifth person from the right), Securities and Futures Institute (SFI) Board Chair Li Qi-Xian (fourth person from the right), Taichung Bank Chair Wang Gue-Feng (third person from the left), COTA Bank Chair Liao Song-Yue (second person from the left), TDCC President Meng Ching-Li (first person from the left), Securities and Futures Bureau (SFB) President Zhang Li-Zhen (third person from the right).

Koo said that academic performance was an important way to improve family conditions for students from financially challenged families. Since these students often need to support their families or earn their tuition fees, their academic performance and career choices are affected. The FSC Chairperson emphasized that the goal of the College Finance Course for Charity is not only to nurture financial talents, but also to combine charity and education, and help students from financially challenged families use what they’ve learned in the workplace after graduation. As a result, they can “change their lives and fulfill their dreams in the financial industry.”

FSC encourages enterprises to contribute to social welfare by promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR). TDCC Chairman & CEO Sherman Lin stated that TDCC echoed with the policies. Since 2015, TDCC has invited relevant departments of finance, securities, and futures to jointly organize the College Finance Course for Charity. The course aims for college students whose families are financially challenged by providing a series of training courses and guiding them to obtain professional certificates. Thus, the students’ employability and their family conditions will be improved. After the training courses, the program will also introduce job opportunities. This program has received positive feedback right after it was announced, and its performance has been impressive. TDCC utilizes its core capabilities and realizes six of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Goal 1 No Poverty, Goal 2 Zero Hunger, Goal 3 Good Health and Well-being, Goal 4 Quality Education, Goal 10 Reduced Inequality, and Goal 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities. TDCC is hoping to make a contribution to society.

The 4th College Finance Course for Charity starts from September 2018 to March 2019. Students will attend the courses on Saturdays and Sundays, and the class hours are 170 in total. The organizer will offer subsidies such as lunches, books and handouts, cost-of-living allowance, registration fees for certification exams in the hopes that students can concentrate on study instead of worrying about their living. In the new term, the core schools and the relevant institutions in finance, securities, and futures will closely work together to maximize the effectiveness of the pre-employment financial education. Hence, the trainees can fulfill the initial goal of the program: “to change their lives and fulfill their dreams in the financial industry.”