Gloucestershire pupils could get more finance lessons
A cross-party committee calls for more financial education in schools.
Gloucestershire's school pupils could be getting more education in finance and budgeting.
A new education committee report's calling for more finance lessons in schools- to give pupils knowledge about money decisions.
It comes ten years after financial education was added to the national curriculum.
The report by the cross-party committee makes recommendations to the Department for Education on: "expanding financial education at primary school level; encouraging schools to appoint financial education coordinators; improving access to quality learning materials; and how the subject could become a key component of the Government’s proposal for all 16-18-year-olds to study maths."
Commenting on the report, a spokesperson for the Department for Education said: "Being financially literate relies on a solid understanding of maths and we have reformed the curriculum and invested substantially over £100 million in the Maths Hubs programme. The Advanced British Standard will build on this and see all young people study maths and English to 18, giving them the essential skills they need to succeed."