Recommendation 14

There is no shortage of financial education teaching materials, yet the evidence tells us that these materials are often unsuitable, the sheer quantity is unhelpful to teachers looking for appropriate resources and that, consequently, they are not being utilised in schools. Whilst it is right that schools should be able to determine which materials they use to teach financial education and that the Government should not prescribe which books and resources ought to be used in schools, we believe that the Department can and should make the process of finding and selecting high-quality financial education teaching materials easier for teachers.