Candyce Braithwaite
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Students not ready to run budgets
by dburdon
19th Nov 2015 7:57 PM
MANY school leavers may not have the financial literacy skills they need to manage their budget when they leave home for university.
A Queensland University of Technology study released on Thursday asked more than 400 university students about their home budgeting.
The study found more than 57% thought they had a "high understanding of budgeting", but just 4.4% were able to correctly answer questions on how long it would take to reach specific savings goals within a set budget.
It also found some 65% of first year tertiary students aged 20 years old or younger thought they were "unprepared for (the) financial life skills" they needed as adults.
- APN NEWSDESK
