Our daughter switched from Maths Core to Maths Lit (and lost her dream of doing Architecture along with that) but honestly I think it was the best thing ever for her. Maths Lit does actually teach you all these basic financial life skills. It should become Maths Core... and the higher grade Maths subject should be optional based on your career aspirations. On this I think you are quite correct.
I think it would be far better to replace EMS with Financial Literacy, and make it a compulsory subject alongside LO and PE at higher levels.
EMS is meant to prepare kids to become entrepreneurs (it doesn't do that), but most kids aren't going to be business owners. It'd be far better for them to learn how not to get into dangerous levels of debt.
Our daughter switched from Maths Core to Maths Lit (and lost her dream of doing Architecture along with that) but honestly I think it was the best thing ever for her. Maths Lit does actually teach you all these basic financial life skills. It should become Maths Core... and the higher grade Maths subject should be optional based on your career aspirations. On this I think you are quite correct.
I think it would be far better to replace EMS with Financial Literacy, and make it a compulsory subject alongside LO and PE at higher levels.
EMS is meant to prepare kids to become entrepreneurs (it doesn't do that), but most kids aren't going to be business owners. It'd be far better for them to learn how not to get into dangerous levels of debt.