20/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - The results of a survey by the company “Junior Achievement - Younger Enterprise”, which provides the largest number of educational and entrepreneurial programmes in Europe, highlight the fact that young Europeans are greatly lacking when it comes to financial education. Out of 1,250 persons from 19 member states who took part in the survey in March, 97% of them believe young people should follow financial management courses during their school career. According to 78% of respondents, the level of financial education among the young is very limited, if there is any at all. “We believe that financial education should be taught in a structured way, an interactive way, by people with personal experience of finance”, said Carolin Jenner on behalf of “JA-JE”, saying programmes like Banks in Action and Company Programme require students to develop their financial literacy skills and strengthen learning. (M.B./transl.jl)