High Schools must Necessarily Equip Students for College Education

What’s the biggest problem with the majority of schools today is that they focus upon completing their curriculum in such a rush that their intention to prepare students for college completely gets ignored. Rather, experts believe that this should be the primary focus of all high schools today where students must be provided such courses that would let them achieve practical skills and proceed with confidence to colleges.

So, what should the High School Curricula focus upon? 

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For every high school, its key concern should relate to not only the experiential but also the academic angles of education. To be precise, students here must know how to create a budget so that they can keep track of their own expenses and proceed accordingly. In this respect, the Financial Educators Council has researched and found out:

• 1/3rd of the college students have confessed that they are not well equipped with the process of money management 
• Students found to be graduating from high schools in states require personal finance education that actually makes them more successful 
• They possess a higher saving rate than the high school graduates in states where financial education is not compulsory.

So, unless students would be given financial education, they would not be able to create a budget and would therefore end up spending more money than required. Therefore, the high schools should rather stop concentrating too much on art and music classes, especially for students who would be graduating. Rather, classes that would help them to lead better lives in the long-run must be provided in good numbers.

Apart from creating a budget, students while pursuing financial education must know:

1. How to file taxes 
2. How to deal with car insurance 
3. How to deal with interest rates 

Well, this does not mean that the other efforts put by high schools shouldn’t be ignored. Whatever necessary academic skills are required, high schools must ensure to strengthen these to no end. However, financial education would carry equal importance for one’s career to remain stable and balanced.

As per the Washington Times: 

• 3 out of 4 graduates are not prepared for college 
• One remedial class is essential for this affected population 
• ACT preparation will assist students in high schools 

 So, how the test would be conducted?

There will be four sections for the test: 

1. Reading 
2. English 
3. Math 
4. Science 
5. A writing section, which is optional

Now, if high schools keep taking these tests on a regular basis, students would be aware of their progress levels. Moreover, schools will be required to ensure that students are having those tools that would let them score high through ACT. Hence, they would be prepared to sit for the basic college courses. Moreover, the high school students would be saving ample time and money and would not be required to take remedial classes at their respective colleges.

Today, the concept of learning online has also been introduced by many schools with the intention to let students obtain education within their means. Even reputed universities have started offering online courses in numerous subjects. Therefore, if courses related to financial education can be introduced through digital learning in high schools, students there would not take too much time to prepare themselves for college education. This would indeed be considered a big initiative.