Pupils in England to be taught about online spending and scams
by Sally Weale Education correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#6WB4W)
Financial literacy lessons to be given to pupils at primary and secondary schools
Pupils in England are to be taught how to spot the risks of in-game purchases as well as to scrutinise the claims of influencers in a new suite of lessons designed to improve their financial literacy.
The package of 80 lessons is aimed at teaching pupils aged five to 16 how to navigate online spending, after reports of children spending large sums of their own or their parents' money online, often inadvertently.
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