Schools: Data, Digital and Financial Literacy Debate
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Lord Sikka
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Schools: Data, Digital and Financial Literacy
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Baroness Barran (Con)
That is exactly what the department is doing with its T-levels.
Lord Sikka (Lab)
My Lords, while reviewing the school curriculum, will the Minister ensure that pupils have access to compulsory courses on ethics and human rights? This would help to ensure that future generations are relieved of the pain caused by directors of profiteering companies and members of the Government who may be inclined to flout international laws and human rights.
Baroness Barran (Con)
The noble Lord makes a broader point. Many of those issues are indeed covered in the curriculum. Specifically in relation to financial choices, there is dedicated time to look at social and moral dilemmas, to which the noble Lord refers, within the citizenship curriculum today.