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Cross party support for standalone personal finance qualification
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than 80 Members of Parliament have signed a parliamentary motion
calling on the Government to encourage all schools to offer a
standalone qualification in personal finance and to train more
teachers to teach financial education. EDM 291 also recognises the
achievements of the ifs School of Finance as the only provider of
personal finance qualifications for 14 to 19 year olds.
Liberal Democrat MP and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
Julia Goldsworthy, who tabled the EDM, said:- “Many people
struggle to manage their finances effectively, primarily as a result
of poor levels of financial capability. This has implications not
only for the individual concerned but also for the wider community
and the economy as a whole. Low levels of financial capability
can be remedied by ensuring all students have access to meaningful
financial education. However, with the exception of the ifs School
of Finance qualifications, there is currently a real lack of
financial education in schools and that’s why we are calling on the
Government to take such action.”
Anne Kiem, Director of External Affairs at the ifs School of
Finance, stated;- “The ifs School of Finance firmly believes
that financial education should be a dedicated standalone subject,
rather than being scattered across a range of non-statutory, non
assessed subjects such as citizenship, enterprise education or PSHE
as the Government intend. We are therefore pleased that so
many politicians from across the political spectrum have called on
the Government to encourage all schools to offer a standalone
subject in personal finance. We are particularly pleased that
Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative members of the influential
Treasury Select Committee have also signed the motion.”
The ifs School of Finance would like to see all schools offering
their students the opportunity to gain personal financial management
skills, as Anne Kiem concluded:- "At present secondary schools
are compelled to ensure their students have the option to study
History, Geography or a Modern Foreign language and the ifs School
of Finance would like the Government to add Personal Finance to this
list of options. Adding Personal Finance to the curriculum in
this way would give financial education an equal footing with a wide
range of other subjects, demonstrating that Government is serious
about the need for future generations to become financially capable.
We believe doing so would lead to a step change in the number of
young people leaving school with the necessary skills to manage
their own finances effectively.”
Contact your MP to request that they sign this EDM. |
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