On the occasion of the International Festival of Economics in Turin, the Museum of Saving, in collaboration with the Foundation for School and with the Toscanini-Einaudi Comprehensive Institute of Parma, organizes a fun quiz with educational content for middle school students.
Eco-Quiz represents an extension for lower secondary schools of the EconoMia Competition, reserved for students in the final two years of high schools and part of the International Festival of Economics format.
Objectives of Eco-Quiz 2025
Developed with particular attention to the goals for skill development and specific learning objectives included in the new Guidelines for Civic Education, which highlight economic development and sustainability as one of the three conceptual pillars, Eco-Quiz aims to:
- Introduce students to economic topics and the management of scarce resources, whether financial or natural, already in middle school years, thus contributing to the personal and collective cultural growth of the country.
- Support students in becoming responsible, autonomous, aware citizens, engaged in an increasingly complex and constantly changing society, equipping them with useful tools to make choices critically and responsibly, including evaluating the reliability of the information they possess.
- Help students understand the relationship between money, work, and both personal and collective well-being.
- Emphasize the multidisciplinary nature of economics through dialogue among different subjects.
For this fourth edition, the contest’s content focuses on acquiring the skills needed to design young people’s future and to develop their self-entrepreneurship and human capital.
Promoters
The educational initiative is promoted by: Museum of Saving, Turin Local Committee (TOLC), Laterza Publisher, Carlo Alberto College Foundation, Foundation for School, and Compagnia di San Paolo, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Merit – General Directorate for School Standards, Evaluation, and Internationalization of the National Education System, the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation, AEEE-Italy.
Target Participants
Eco-Quiz 2025 is open to students of middle schools.
Eligibility Requirements
All middle school classes in Italy may participate, after filling in the registration form. A prerequisite for participation is that the participating classes must have internet access and an IWB (Interactive Whiteboard) to follow the online lesson and access the platform used for the quiz.
Educational Activity Content
The registered classes will benefit from an online lesson organized by the Museum of Saving. Through various insights and the use of animated videos and video interviews, the following topics will be covered, which will later be part of the quiz: human capital, personal budgeting, business planning, self-entrepreneurship.
Prize
- First place class: free educational visit to the Museum of Saving in Turin, with travel expenses covered up to a maximum amount of €1,000, to be scheduled during the International Festival of Economics (30 May–2 June 2025)*
- Second and third place classes: a set of Museum of Saving gadgets
*If travel expenses are lower than the allocated amount, the difference will be given as a voucher for purchasing useful school materials.
Content Oversight Committee
The Content Oversight Committee consists of one representative from the Museum of Saving, one from the Foundation for School, and one from the Toscanini-Einaudi Comprehensive Institute of Parma. It is responsible for selecting and drafting the multiple-choice questions included in the Eco-Quiz.
The Test
Assessment of the Test
Participation in Eco-Quiz will be by class, using a single electronic device (mobile phone, tablet, or PC) belonging to the teacher or provided by the school. To protect participant privacy, teachers will be asked to identify themselves using an alphanumeric code created according to instructions from the organizers.
Winners will be automatically identified through the quiz software, which will award the class that answers correctly in the shortest time. The top ten classes in the qualifying round will proceed to the final round.
Special attention will be given if the winning class also won the previous year’s contest. In such case, the prize will be awarded to the second-place class.
Award Ceremony
The award ceremony will take place in Turin on Saturday, 31 May 2025, as part of the program of the International Festival of Economics of Turin.
How to participate
Teachers wishing to register one or more classes must complete the registration form by 11 April 2025 at the following link: https://bit.ly/ECO-Quiz2025
Please note: a separate form must be completed for each participating class.
Download the Eco-Quiz 2025 Rules here.