The Association of German Banks develops the ‘All about money’ program, a role-playing game in which students discover what type of person they are regarding money (for example, a saver or a spender) and become familiar with financial topics in a playful way, while ‘Get ready’ is a program for them to see what they could do professionally in the future.
‘Money at school’ is another program, focused on helping teachers spread financial education through explanatory films, podcasts, and interactive slides for smartboards. To test the knowledge acquired, this initiative also offers the teacher exercises, questionnaires, crosswords, and activities. ‘Money at school’ was downloaded approximately 30,000 times in 2019 and received the Comenius EduMedia Award. Additionally, the Association of German Banks offers free textbooks for secondary school teachers (from the 9th grade onwards).
Financial education is only mandatory in 3 of Germany’s federal states and is voluntary in most of the country’s secondary schools, where it is taught as part of political science, law, or social studies.
