AN EXPLORATIVE STUDY ON FINANCIAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SCREENER APPLICATION

Abstract [English]

Financial Education is the need of the hour. So, the schools, colleges and universities must attempt still more for attaining financial skill development. In our formal education like B. Com, BBA, MBA, students are having degree certificates. But they are poor in application of education in the field of jobs. So, it is said that degrees have only fifteen percent weightage, skills have thirty five percent weightage and remaining fifty percent weightage goes to Attitude. The present study is analytical one. The data is secondary type collected from existing sources such as text books, magazines, newspapers and you tube videos. There are ample opportunities to develop financial skills with the help of open and free softwares such as screener, ticker tape, money control, investing.com etc. financial skill development is the collective responsibility of the governments, regulatory bodies, schools, colleges and universities, parents and individuals. The will must be made by individuals for financial skill development. So, it suggested to individuals to shift from Social Media (SM) to Stock Market (SM).