Teachers need more confidence to teach personal finance in schools, according to a survey by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
The FSA’s School Benchmark Survey of 1,000 schools across the UK reveals that even though the majority of schools in the UK believe personal finance education is important, less than a third of those teachers providing it feel confident doing so. Moreover, while 48% of primary schools and 91% of secondary schools say they are delivering some form of personal finance education, the FSA is concerned about the range of topics delivered and the frequency and extent of coverage. Among schools delivering personal finance education, this mostly takes the form of occasional lessons and often ha...
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