Nasfund visited the country’s oldest National High School to promote superannuation literacy awareness

1 December 2023

Nasfund, under its ‘Young Savers’ campaign, has visited one of the oldest National High Schools in the country this week. The team was led by the General Manager for Marketing, Communications, and Research (MC&R), Mr. Turaho Morea who spoke on behalf of the CEO, Mr Rajeev Sharma, to over 200 Grade 11 students at the Sogeri National High School of Excellence. 

As part of the Fund’s ‘Young Savers Campaign’ to promote superannuation literacy awareness, this was the second school visited by Nasfund after St. Joseph’s International Catholic College. CEO Rajeev Sharma said the ‘Young Savers Campaign’ was initiated especially for students and young people to encourage them to practice a savings culture and to start making plans for their retirement goals at an early age.  

‘’As a Fund, we have come to realize that most young people have little to no knowledge about superannuation and the importance of saving for retirement. Therefore, having in mind that these young people are the future generation of Papua New Guinea who will make up tomorrow’s workforce, we believe it is important that they are introduced to this basic knowledge whilst still in school.’’

General Manager for Marketing, Communications, and Research (MC&R), Mr. Turaho Morea who spoke on behalf of the CEO to the students of Sogeri National High School of Excellence also shared similar sentiments stating that some of these students are potential future members of Nasfund when they venture into the private sector workforce 5 – 6 years from now.

‘’That is why we believe early superannuation knowledge is crucial to help them make informed decisions about their retirement savings in the future.’’

Following these, a small presentation took place which saw Mr. Morea handing over a laptop to the representative of the School’s Student Representative Council body. School Principal, Mr. Teddy Ferea acknowledged Nasfund for reaching out to the school to conduct this awareness and for being one of the main sponsors during the school’s 54th graduation ceremony held last month.

‘’We thank Nasfund for supporting us by sponsoring two laptops. One has been presented to the school’s STEM Dux runner-up student by the name of Macklay Murr, whilst the other laptop is now given to the SRC team who have been very active on campus by supporting all our school activities this year.’’

Both parties pledged to continue similar activities next year to promote superannuation literacy awareness to all students.

Schools who are interested in being part of the ‘Young Savers’ campaign in 2024 are also encouraged to reach out to our marketing team by emailing marketing@nasfund.com.pg to schedule appointments for our team to visit your students.