'Financial Market Management

The Central Board of Secondary Education will introduce a new course 'Financial Markets Management' for the 10th pass out from next year. "The course structure has been designed in consultation with the BLB Institute of Financial Markets for development of professional competency and employable skills in the Financial Market Management," BIFM Director, G C Sharma, told reporters here Saturday. This would be an independent stream like arts, commerce, science etc and would be introduced in 10-12 major metros to begin with. The National Stock Exchange and CBSE joint certification would provide necessary credibility to school students for employment at par with other professional passsing NSE on-line examination, he said. This CBSE endeavour makes the school education in India more responsive to changing times and is a far reaching attempt to provide relevant professional training to students, he said.