Is personal education in schools the answer to all the nation's financial problems?
Personally, I have been a big advocate of teaching about ‘money’ in schools for years, but more recently I am beginning to wonder. Not because the youth of the UK have turned from spenders to savers, which you will know if you have children or your clients have. No, I am beginning to wonder about the real value of teaching personal finance in schools for a couple of reasons. Firstly, teachers are largely not equipped to do so, and do not have the required resources. Should we expect teachers to explain how money works alongside sex education and ‘citizenship’? Is it any wonder educ...
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