64% of US Blockchain-Versed Parents Want Crypto Taught in Schools: Survey

A recent survey just revealed that two out of three American parents and college graduates who possess some knowledge of or experience with cryptocurrencies want schools to incorporate crypto lessons into their curriculum for pupils. According to them, this development will pave the way for these children to have their minds open to the future of the country's economy.

Study.com, a virtual learning space, expressed through a newly rolled out report that 67% and 64% of school graduates and parents said that cryptocurrency education should make up half of the minimum requirements for education.

Source:* 2022 Study.com Survey*

Further into the study, only over 40% of respondents in the two classes concurred that the curriculum should cover courses ranging from blockchain to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the Metaverse concepts.

Prior to their participation in the study, screening was conducted for parents and college graduates to ascertain that the cases had an adequate amount of knowledge of blockchain technology and digital currencies. Other elements like NFTs, and the metaverse weren't left out. A participant was rejected if they did not comprehend all these. The survey's participants were 884 American parents and 210 American college graduates.

The discoveries coincide with rising interest in the US. It doesn't stop there, as it also aligns with the acceptance of cryptocurrencies by people in the US. An estimated 88% of Americans, in light of a reportby the Pew Data Research Center, have little crypto knowledge, and 16% of US citizens have invested in or traded cryptocurrencies at one point or another.

The study further revealed that college graduates and parents who have made some form of crypto investment are prone to making monetary contributions to crypto education. A medium of $1,086 is what 75% of cryptocurrency graduate investors have exhausted on their education while three-fourths of these parents commit an average of $766 to their children's crypto education.

Another discovery the study made was that both classes believed that studying the future of the country's economy and several ways to expand investments mattered the most. Other topics they held in high regard were ways to create chances and build an investment spirit.

CEO of TZ APAC, Colin Miles, expressed earlier in May, in a Cointelegraph interview that crypto might become a widely accepted trend in secondary and tertiary education curricula in three to five years.

He supported this expression by saying that in the long run, this movement will continue because the Web3 setting will produce many fascinating fresh professions; the onus is now on educational institutions to aid in setting their legion of students up for this crucial transformation.

This statement also got some support from prominent personalities such as the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams. In an interview conducted last year, he advocated for district schools to support blockchain technology and digital assets in their curricula. He further expressed that everyone should expose their schools to the teaching of blockchain technology and this novel mindset.

What are your thoughts about incorporating crypto knowledge courses into the curricula of different higher institutions? How do you think they can ease this technology into their existing classes? Please share your opinions with us in the comment section.