Rejected petition Add the topic of 'Finances' to the school curriculum in Wales.
When do you learn about how to manage your money and finances in the real world?
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When do you learn about how to manage your money and finances in the real world?
I got myself in some difficult situations because I simply didn’t know how to manage my money or the impact certain financial decisions would have. Luckily for me, my mum was intuitive and had so much life experience that she was able to support me and teach me about all things finance. However, this isn’t the case for a lot of children and young adults, especially in more ‘deprived’ areas, e.g. my current hometown of Ely, Cardiff. Topics like buying a house, savings, credit rating, CCJs, current affairs / cost of living crisis are so important and yet you don't learn about them in school.
This is why I am petitioning to have these topics introduced into our school curriculum. Everyone deserves a chance to gain some knowledge on these topics before they leave school and most importantly they deserve a chance to reach their potential regardless of where they live or what influence they have around them.
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The new Curriculum for Wales has a focus on financial literacy. It is covered in the ‘Mathematics and Numeracy’ Area of Learning and Experience and as part of the cross-curricular skill of ‘Numeracy’.
There are descriptions of learning in the statutory guidance, which set out the detail of what pupil are expected to have learnt at different progression steps.
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