The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial education of primary school students

Abstract

The global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has exposed both the underdevelopment of education systems around the world and the level of financial literacy – both of the population and students. This aspect brought back to the fore the importance of using ICT in school, in the actual act of teaching financial education, as education systems were preparing for the transition to online education due to school closures. This critical research provides an overview of the challenges brought by the pandemic: the problems faced by teachers in schools in the form of online teaching, the fundamental change in teaching methods during the pandemic, and the adaptation that both teachers and students must adopt, alike. This article will also provide some recommendations for integrating digital technology into financial education learning environments in the post-pandemic era.