Package puts financial education in schools

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Teenage students will receive financial education in schools with the help of an interactive CD Rom package financed by a life insurer and developed by teachers.

The government has said financial education or ‘financial capability’ will be introduced onto the school curriculum in 2007 - see previous IFAonline story: Financial education to join school curriculum in 2007 - so interactive tools have been developed to inform 13-16 year-old students about the key elements they need to know in the future when it comes to managing their own finances. Prudential has financed the package, which is entitled Adding up to a Lifetime and is being sent free to all ‘maintained’ schools and those who are listed as part of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trus...

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