AIC urges proper funding for finance in schools

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THE Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has urged the Government and the FSA to ensure that enough funding is earmarked for the financial education that is to be taught in schools from September 2008.

The Association fears that teachers may not receive enough support to teach what is still, on the whole, an unfamiliar area in the classroom. The new secondary national curriculum by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority will be taught to over-14s through Personal, Social and Health Education. Director General, Daniel Godfrey, said: “Our practical experience as a lead funder of the personal finance education group’s (pfeg) ‘Excellence & Access’ project, where consultants trained by pfeg to work with teachers to help deliver effective lesson plans, showed how spectacular the res...

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