81.5% of parents in Slovakia think that schools do not do enough in the field of financial literacy, wrote the webnoviny.sk website. The PISA testing indicates that children for whom schools are a source of information about money have the same, i.e. average, financial literacy results as those who do not attend school. Moreover, Slovakia has the most pronounced disparities among pupils within OECD countries due to socio-economic situation.
"Schools are failing to close the socio-economic gap. This is because financial education is a cross-cutting topic, but the large volume of the curriculum reduces its effect. Teaching does not provide enough space for cross-curricular or practical activities. The situation is also complicated by the understaffing of the education system, poor training opportunities for current and future teachers, as well as the current coronavirus pandemic, which is sidelining the issue," says Zuzana Labašová, Programme Director of the Comenius Institute. According to her, the solution to this situation could be the current curricular reform of education, but also the continuous education and support of current teachers, the definition of methodology and didactics for the transmission of financial topics, as well as the education of future teachers.
Source: TASR
