FSA extends Scottish financial education funding

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The Financial Services Authority is funding three development officers to help build up financial education resources in Scotland and meet the needs of the new Scottish curriculum.

The development officers will work within the Scottish Centre for Financial Education (SCFE) and their role will be to train and support teachers so they feel confident and capable of delivering financial education lessons. The FSA says 82% of people in Scotland have not considered making financial provision for retirement, but 63% are confident their retirement income will give them the expected standard of living. In addition, 74% have not considered making financial provision in case of an unexpected drop in income and 65% would rather have a good standard of living today than in r...

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