I rise to present this petition on teaching real life skills, which calls for the provision of the teaching of life skills in secondary schools in budgeting, loans management and taxation and also in job and employment skills. It is a credit to Katelyn Banks, a young petitioner, that she presented this petition to me to bring to the House today.

The petition states:

The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Government to take into account the concerns of the petitioner and make a life skills class mandatory in secondary schools.

Following is the full text of the petition:

[The petition of Katelyn Banks,

Declares that the current educational curriculum does not adequately prepare students for the future; notes that that upon leaving secondary school, most students are not taught how to prepare for job interviews, manage loans or do taxes; further declares that the secondary school curriculum should therefore introduce a ‘lessons for the future’ class which teaches students how to budget, manage monetary funds and prepare for post-qualification life.

The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Government to take into account the concerns of the petitioner and make a life skills class mandatory in secondary schools.

And the petitioners remain, etc.]

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