Secondary PFE in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Curriculum aims to empower young people to
achieve their potential and to make informed and responsible
choices and decisions throughout their lives.
Revised curriculum requirements came into effect from 2007.
At Key Stage 3 financial education is catered for in at least
three ways:
- as a statutory aspect of learning within mathematics, focusing
on developing financial knowledge, financial skills and financial
responsibility.
- as a statutory aspect of learning within the home economics
learning area, within the key concept of independent living.
- within the key element of economic awareness which provides
additional opportunities to highlight financial capability across
all learning areas.
At Key Stage 4 financial capability is covered within the
statutory requirements of Learning for life and work. Mathematics
continues to cover the calculations element of personal
finance.