An open letter to the Minister for Education on practical financial education
A financial education programme for the next generation needs to be tailored to the new realities of working life
Dear Minister Bruton,
You are the first Minister for Education that I can recall who held a senior economic portfolio before you took on your current job.
That is why I am writing to you now. As someone who is financially literate, you have a genuine opportunity in the Department of Education to make a real impact on the quality and relevance of the financial education programme in schools by tailoring it to ...