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Teaching Financial Capability in NZ schools

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The personal financial management unit standards have been reviewed and are now found under Financial Capability. Read the review here What's happening in NZ Schools around Financial Capability ? To find out I attended Sarah's workshop at the BOPMA conference day:  At Sarah's school they have trades & services academies however there was still a group of students who were not well catered for.    I ntroducing..... Maths for Life, a Level 2 course is based on the Financial Capability standards. Maths for Life students completed the following standards from t he framework to credential their learning US 28094 – produce a balanced budget US 28092 – analyse states of personal financial income US 24695 – taxation US 28093 - describe financial responsibilities of utilising tertiary study funding option US 28097 Banking ( didn’t get to this) US 24699 – smart goals US 28095 - investment US 28096 – insurance there were 17 students in the cl