49%
Workingand earning
37%
Where money comes from
Students aged 10-13
Financial education in schools
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Source: Ecstra Foundation.
(2022). Financial education in schools – survey results
snapshot.
71%
Relevant to life stages of students
61%
Classroom activities linked to curriculum
87%
Content linked to real-life examples
What do
teachers think would make
financial education
effective? more
What do
students want to learn about?
94%
important foragree it's children to learnabout money and finance
What do teachers
think about financial
education?
55%
believe it's even more important given the COVID
pandemic
An Australian survey*
found the vast majority of teachers value
financial education, but only 52% had
taught it at school, and only 21% in the last
year. Here are more of the survey responses
from teachers and students
61%
Buying property
Investing
62%
Students aged 16-17
27%
Online shopping
*Survey Dec 2021-Jan 2022 included
796 children aged 10-17 and 428 teachers
Tax