Education written question – answered at on 2 September 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what importance he proposes to give to (a) the principles of financial education and (b) financial mathematics in his revision of the National Curriculum.
The Government has made financial education and financial mathematics a priority in its revision of the national curriculum.
Through our proposed revisions to the citizenship curriculum, for the first time we are making financial education compulsory in maintained schools from age 11 to 16.
We have also strengthened the mathematics curriculum in two ways. Primary school pupils will focus more on mastering arithmetic, including arithmetic with money and percentages, giving them the necessary foundations for their financial education in secondary school. Secondary school pupils will be taught the mathematics necessary to enable them to make sound financial decisions on matters such as mortgages and loan repayments. We also intend to include financial mathematics in the new mathematics GCSE from 2015.
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