Hana Bank said on March 10 it will roll out its children's financial education programme, "Hana Dul Set, Let's Play Finance!", for elementary school students from March 21.

Now in its fourth year, the programme reflects students' developmental stages and characteristics. It offers financial concepts and sound pocket money management methods through play and hands-on experiences.

The financial education will be held online on Saturdays and will be run as a customised programme by grade level. In the morning it targets grades 1 to 3, and in the afternoon grades 4 to 6, offering age-appropriate lessons on money and pocket money.

In the first module, "Is Money Money?", students learn about the history and functions of currency, characteristics of currencies around the world, and concepts such as currency exchange and exchange rates. The programme uses hands-on teaching aids such as a banknote puzzle kit and making a personal passport.

In the second module, "Pocket Money Management, I Can Do It On My Own!", students are guided to understand the meaning of pocket money, how to make a pocket money plan and how to set savings goals through activities such as making a piggy bank and playing a pocket money board game.

It will be held 20 times each in the first and second half of the year, for a total of 40 sessions, allowing about 1,200 children to participate. During school holidays, it also plans to provide both online and offline education to about 300 children at child welfare facilities as part of efforts to address blind spots in education.

An official at Hana Bank's ESG Finance Department said, "Early financial education becomes a foundation for forming healthy financial habits in children." The official added, "We will continue to practise ESG management by contributing to improving financial capabilities of future generations through financial education tailored to children's level."