K to 12 learners will learn basic financial literacy beginning School Year 2021-2022. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
K to 12 learners will learn basic financial literacy beginning School Year 2021-2022. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO


THE Department of Education (DepEd), through the Bureau of Curriculum Development, expanded and intensified the integration of financial education in the K to 12 basic education curriculum to improve the financial literacy and capability of its learners, teachers and personnel.

Recent studies show Filipinos struggle to understand basic financial concepts, with a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas survey showing 41 percent of Filipinos can only answer 1 of 3 financial literacy questions correctly and a meager 8 percent can answer three.

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