U.K. Schools Minister Nick Gibb said the Department of Education will unveil a compulsory curriculum to educate teenagers on gambling harms and debt-related matters.
The curriculum will begin in September across the country’s secondary schools, according to SBC News.
Guidelines for the courses were developed in partnership with GambleAware in the wake of statistics which showed 55,000 children were considered problem gamblers. The program will talk about risks across all levels of gambling, from the National Lottery, to scratch cards and slot machines.
The course will also teach teenagers about available treatments for gambling-related problems.
Marc Etches, chief executive of GambleAware, said: “Very few teenagers have actually been taught about the risk associated with gambling and what the signs of problem gambling are.”
