Financial education is a skill that is not been taught in schools, but to me it's the most important subject a man must learn in other to be financially independent.
I think it is not a skill, it is knowledge. Financial education may be not specifically taught in schools but I assume it is a part of economic lesson. So, we probably find out the knowledge about financial education in economic lesson. Sure, it may be not enough, the financial education must be learnt with more time.
This knowledge gives you smart money making decisions, and it improves your standards of living, It gives you priceless money management skill, you can't spend more than what you earn as a financial literate.
Indeed. When we learn financial education, we may know how to make a wise decision about our financial matters. Sure, it also may trigger us to improve our financial level in a more effective way and it also will learn us about financial management. So, we can deal with everything about financial matters in the right way.
I still don't know why it's not been taught in schools up till now.
Schools may consider to give the lesson about financial education. However, it should be in Senior high school or University level. In this education level, we may realize how to manage our money properly. It is also needed because parents expect we live more independent. But for kindergarten, elementary school, and junior high school, this lesson isn't needed. It is because the parents who control financial matters.