– Norwegian youth need to learn more about the Norwegian economy, says Fpu leader Simen Velle. Therefore, they want to have their own subject on personal finance in school. According to the youth party leader, the FpU has had this as adopted policy for quite some time. Now the parent party is following suit. – Because it is important that young people understand card use, interest, debt collection and loans. This is an important part of life, says Frp leader Sylvi Listhaug. When asked whether this will lead to more school hours for the pupils, the answer is no. This can be taken from other subjects, believes Frp. – It can be part of the mathematics subject, one should also look at this with compulsory secondary education, Listhaug says and adds: – Many people struggle with Norwegian today, then it is wrong to have secondary education as a compulsory subject. Sylvi Listhaug received a positive response from young people at the Norway Cup about FrP’s proposal on personal finance as a separate subject in school. Photo: Trond A. Stenersen / news Four on the plain In one of the tents for the Norway Cup at Ekebergsletta we meet Thale Flinterud, Elise Oksnes, Maya Torkelsen and Maren Lepsøy Iversen. The sample of young people is positive about more teaching in personal finance. – I miss learning about it. We have had little of that in the mat over the years, says Flinterud. – Not everyone has the same basis for learning this at home. So getting it into the school seems wise, says Iversen. – We have learned a little about it in maths at secondary school, says Oksnes. Thale Flinterud, Elise Oksnes, Maya Torkelsen and Maren Lepsøy Iversen want more training in personal finance. Photo: Trond A. Stenersen / news – I think it will help people to prepare for living alone, says Torkelsen. If it comes to the cost of side goals and foreign languages as compulsory subjects, one of them is more skeptical: – Many people don’t like side goals, but I understand the importance of it. But we may well have more about private finance than there is in maths now, says Torkelsen. – Perhaps it is more important to learn to have control over one’s own finances than to learn German or French or other languages, says Oksnes. – We don’t need as much foreign language and secondary education as we have today, says Flinterud. Minister of Education Kari Nessa Nordtun (Ap). Photo: William Jobling / news Meiner Frp knocks on open doors Minister of Education Kari Nessa Nordtun (Ap) says it is important that young people learn about personal finances. – Incredibly important. Nordtun says several young people are getting misinformation through TikTok and other social media. – Especially related to personal finances. It is important that we guide today’s young people in a good way. So that they can make good, smart and safe financial decisions. And not least learn the consequences of bad choices. “Several schools work well with training in this already,” she underlines. – And we need even more people to do it. It is based on curricula in several subjects, she says. – But not at the expense of secondary education? – No. – What about personal finance as a separate subject? – Compared to when I was young, young people today go to primary school for an extra two years. There are many resources that are already being used. I am concerned that we use them in an even better way, replies Nordtun. In the youth message that the government is putting forward in the autumn, this is one of several topics, the government has announced that they will take up, says Nordtun. – The FRP, so to speak, opens open doors. Lack of knowledge Velle argues that poor knowledge about economics is expensive for the future of young people. – The problem today is that a few young people learn this, and they learn it from their parents, he says. Therefore, the youth party leader believes that many fell into a knowledge hole. – And it gets expensive when you enter the housing market and think that credit card interest is a good idea. – Should the students have their own exam in this economics subject? – We’ll have to come back to that, but that it becomes its own subject, that’s hugely important, Listhaug replies. When asked whether this will lead to more school hours for the pupils, the answer is no. This can be taken from other subjects, believes Frp. Party leader Sylvi Listhaug agrees. – We think it is important that it is a separate subject so that you get training in loans, interest, inflation, debt collection, card use. It is very important. Published 02.08.2024, at 16.25
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Out with side goals, in with personal finance in school – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
