Embu Education stakeholders have urged the Ministry of Education to consider incorporating financial literacy in Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).
According to Susan Muthoni Mugera a retired education officer, the incorporation of financial literacy in CBC will instill financial discipline in students.
“Knowledge wise children should be able to be taught financial literacy as early as grade one, grade six and even junior secondary,” she said.
Moreover, she noted that investment should be cultivated quite early in children, further adding that the future generation requires early identification of talents so that they can learn how to invest and save.
While addressing the press at Kangaru Girls in Embu County, James Njue Machine Nawiri Sacco chairman urged the Education Ministry to find a way of incorporating financial literacy in CBC.
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Mr. Njue stated that the inclusion of financial literacy will not only help the children, but it will come back as a benefit to Kenya once the children are grown up.
He further said that it will instill a savings culture in children.
“Every country that needs to grow should teach its people on how to save,” he said.
Similarly, Joseph Njeru Mugo, the Chief Executive Officer Nawiri Sacco stated that the inclusion of financial literacy in CBC will help in the growth of Kenya’s economy in the near future because it will encourage a savings and investments culture in the next generation.