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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

What do five year-olds care about finance?

By Dominic Welling

I read in the papers over the weekend that as of next year children as young as five will soon be given compulsory lessons on managing their finances.

Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families revealed that lessons about current and savings accounts and how to budget will be compulsory from all school pupils from September 2011 as part of a new personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) curriculum.