Seven in ten Brits (69%) feel they have struggled to cope with the current cost-of-living crisis – as a result of a lack of financial education at school.
Just a quarter (26%) of young adults, aged 18-34, feel they were taught a “sufficient” level of financial education at primary school – while 29% say this came later, during their secondary school years.
But the older generation were even worse off in terms of a financial curriculum – with just 4% of over-55s learning about this at primary school, and 6% in secondary school.
