The first wave of SPARK’s data-collection effort kicked off in mid-February with the launch of two questionnaires — one for students aged 13–17, one for companies and external stakeholders. The surveys were translated into English, Dutch, Italian and Lithuanian, and deployed through Google Forms with school visits coordinated by each partner.
What we’re measuring
The student questionnaire targets 300 teenagers across the consortium and asks how confident they feel about personal-finance decisions, whether they see a link between maths/science and money skills, and where they currently learn (or fail to learn) about budgeting, interest and risk. The company survey, designed in parallel by INQ and CRES, gathers input from at least seven employers per country on the financial-literacy gaps they see in school-leavers.
Why now
These two sources feed the gap-analysis report that closes WP2 in April. They also surface the everyday situations — buying a phone, choosing a study route, planning a trip — that will become the scenarios in SPARK’s animated videos and virtual escape room.
Partners completing surveys in their schools: SOML (NL), Stichting Incubator (NL), Kauno Simono Daukanto Progimnazija (LT), San Ġorġ Preca College (MT), youTHrive (MT) and CRES (IT). Initial responses are already flowing into the shared Google Drive folder; full analysis follows in late March.