Commentary: Why China is making a strong push for financial literacy in schools

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Real estate bubbles have led policymakers to think more deeply about how to prepare a population for a Chinese economy more open to foreign ...

BEIJING: Soon, young Chinese children, including those attending first grade, will be learning the ABCs of price-to-earnings ratios, and fun facts about the Capital Asset Pricing Model .

The concept was launched a few years earlier as a pilot project in schools in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen was rolled out. Classes had proven so popular that more schools across the country were keen to adopt similar modules. But new concerns have emerged, as news of vacant apartments straining real estate prices made headlines. While authorities wanted to keep housing prices buoyant to boost the economy, as indebtedness grew and home ownership became commonplace, they could not ignore the fact that market exuberance could fuel boom-and-bust cycles.

With the growing financialisation of the Chinese economy, effective financial literacy courses can prepare youths to navigate an increasingly complex economy and equip them with practical money management skills.We often underestimate what children are capable of, whereas it is an imperative to immerse them early in an environment that teaches them the realities of financing, the pitfalls of portfolio management and the virtues of saving early from a young age.

Chinese tech firms have jumped into the game to develop new apps, videogames and digital devices to teach them basic financial skills with some exploring how to integrate these into coursework.

 

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