[GLOBAL ECONOMIC TIMES]  Starting next year, ‘Finance and Economic Life’ will be added as an elective subject in the high school curriculum.

Kim So-young, Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, held the 2nd Financial Education Council on the 25th and announced plans to revitalize high school financial education. In his opening remarks on this day, Vice Chairman Kim said, “Finance and economic life will be newly established as elective subjects in the high school curriculum,” and added, “We plan to strengthen students’ financial capabilities and actively support the establishment of finance subjects in school education.”

According to the Financial Services Commission, starting from the 2025 curriculum, ‘Finance and Economic Life’ will be newly established as an integrated elective subject. Subject selection will be made in the first half of next year, and will be applied starting from classes for second-year high school students in 2026. Financial education can include information on preventing financial damage that may occur in financial decisions such as taking a first loan or signing a contract for a first house.

The Financial Services Commission plans to hold briefing sessions and site visits for schools, teachers, students, and other stakeholders to explain the need for financial education in public education. In addition, we plan to visit financial education sites to support financial subject classes and conduct teacher training to foster specialized financial subject teachers.

In addition, development of a financial education program evaluation model and implementation of linked education with the integrated education center were also included in the resolution agenda.

Vice Chairman Kim said, “Many related organizations must cooperate with determination to promote financial education in school education,” and added, “We will strive to establish financial education as essential knowledge in daily life.”