October 29, 2013: RBC Royal Bank, in partnership with Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ), recently concluded the final component in its financial literacy programme, the RBC Financial Literacy Essay competition, which challenged hundreds of students from 13 high schools island wide to write on the topic ‘What does financial literacy mean to you? Discuss its importance to youth.’

Tashika Jones of Merl Grove High School, St Andrew, and Kadeja Lewis of Manchester High, Manchester, tied for first place prize; Camile Moulton of the Newell High, St Elizabeth, second; and Dravid Hewitt of Green Pond High in Montego Bay, St James, third. 

The students won cash prizes in the form of RBC savings accounts as well as individual trophies which were presented to them at their schools by representatives from RBC Royal Bank and Junior Achievement.

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