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We need your thoughts on Finance lessons being dropped from Schools Bill

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CatherineHMumsnet · 12/04/2010 12:22

There is another thread debating sex education and home schooling elements of the PSHE being dropped from the Schools Bill here www.mumsnet.com/Talk/politics/942891-Fear-for-your-children-39-s-education-under-the-Tories but we had an interesting email in from finance expert Martin Lewis pointing out that the removal of PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education)from the Schools Bill also means that compulsory financial education has been dropped too.

What do you reckon? Do you agree as Lewis puts it: 'We're a nation that educates our youth into debt when they go to university, but never educates them about debt.'

CatherineHMumsnet · 21/04/2010 09:26

Following on from Martin, we've just joined forces with Moneysavingexpert to launch a joint petition site www.financialeducationpetition.com where you can petition whoever ends up in No 10 in May to restore financial education to the national curriculum.

CatherineHMumsnet · 19/05/2010 10:55

Almost 14,000 people have now signed the petition, which is great news.

It's about to close at which point Moneysavingexpert will be contacting Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, and both David Cameron and Nick Clegg, to see what their plans are to get financial education back on the curriculum.

So - last chance - if you haven't already signed up, do it today.

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