Another Government curriculum refresh is aiming to give school kids more grasp of money management.

The Education Minister's making financial literacy a compulsory topic for years one to ten.

The Government is teaming up with financial organisations, banks, and charities for lessons on investment and taxes.

Erica Stanford says kids will learn a small dose each year, increasing in complexity as they get older - in order to build up financial skills over their time at school.

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Another Government curriculum refresh is aiming to give school kids more grasp of money management.
The Education Minister's making financial literacy a compulsory topic for years one to ten.
The Government is teaming up with financial organisations, banks, and charities for lessons on investment and taxes.
Erica Stanford says kids will learn a small dose each year, increasing in complexity as they get older - in order to build up financial skills over their time at school.
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Erica Stanford: Education Minister on the Government's new curriculum update designed to teach kids about money

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