Why do Brazilians pay for everything? The Federal Senate approved this Wednesday (15) a bill that inserts financial education into the curriculum of primary and secondary education. Due to changes proposed by the rapporteur, the senator and leader of the government in the Senate, Teresa Leitão (PT-PE), the text now returns to the Chamber of Deputies, where it will be revalidated by the deputies before being sanctioned by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). The proposal, authored by federal deputy Any Ortiz (Cidadania-RS) establishes that teaching will be "transversal and integrative" across the entire curricular base. The idea of ??transversal education is that it permeates all years of education, not being exclusive to a single track, as is the case with other basic subjects, such as mathematics, Portuguese and history. "This integral development requires, in an increasingly evident way, the understanding of economic reality and the ability to make decisions about conscious consumption, including as an instrument to prevent future debt", said Teresa Leitão. Calculator; enterprise; expenses; money Freepik/cookie_studio "[With transversal teaching] the necessary flexibility for the curricular organization of educational establishments is preserved and the overload of the curricular matrix is ??avoided, at the same time as ensuring the permeability of the topic to the different areas of knowledge", added the senator. The rapporteur also proposed and approved an amendment to the text that expands the scope of financial education, requiring that concepts about social security, taxes and insurance also be taught. "By extending the approach beyond the strictly financial dimension, reaching the fiscal, social security and security dimensions, the citizen's ability to understand their rights and duties before the State and the market is expanded, to understand the forces and interests that operate in these dimensions and to consciously plan their future", said the PT member.