financialeducationpetition.com discussion

tasty_snacks

Having been alerted to this in Martin's weekly email, I'm not having any joy signing the petition. It is asking for an email address, yet there is nowehere to enter it on the homepage.

Anyone else?

EDIT - ignore me, I'm being an idiot... :T

euronorris

You know, I think financial education should go hand in hand with Maths.

Then, you could have SOA examples given out to pupils, with questions to answer like: Can this person afford to buy that 3,000 quid car at the moment (please detail the reasoning behind your anser)? or This person has more outgoing than ingoing, what positive changes would you make to shift the balance?

I'm sure the questions could be much better, but you get the idea. It will get them used to budgeting and understanding the information in the budget and what it means in each individual circumstance.

It's a starting point, right?

john_s_2

I just tried signing the petition but I haven't received my email. I tried checking my spam box (both in my email program and by logging on to my webmail) but it's not there. (It was about half an hour ago now.)

I tried re-signing but got this message: "I'm afraid the e-mail address you have entered has already been used."

There isn't an obvious 'contact us' for any problems hence this post.

john_s_2

I meant to add, I got the email on 21/05/2010.

maydowell

Whilst I have signed the petition I don't agree with financial education being 'lost' within another part of the curriculum - it should stand on its own and can easily fill a lesson slot each week - from primary right through to University.
Various agencies are already working with the FSA to bring financial education into schools (pfeg) colleges (National Skills Academy for Financial Services, NSAFS) and universities through the Money Doctors programme. But clearly not everyone knows what is already available!
It needs an independent body like the NSAFS to provide this curricula and the people to deliver it - PLEASE not maths teachers or any other subject teacher (they have enough to do already and are NOT financial experts)
No-one has mentioned the work of the National Skills Academy for Financial Services - I recommend a visit to their website and the FSA funded project Money for Life

gomador

I've read about this interesting initiative in kickstarter to teach financial literacy to kids using social games/ facebook games.
The project is called Zindagi: Using Social Gaming to Teach Tweens Financial Self-sufficiency
(Google "Zindagi" for more details)

Anyone knows about similar initiatives in UK?