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Originally Posted by Lilly

I don't know if they've brought cookery or home economics or whatever they call it now back to the secondary school curriculum but it was axed shortly after I left in 1994.

This was a terrible move as it means that children are not being taught basic cookery skills. Some will be taught at home by their parents but for those whose parents can't cook / won't cook if they're not being taught at home and they're not being taught at school then it's small wonder they come to rely on microwave meals and convenience foods....they don't know how to cook a meal from scratch.

But how many times does the message have to be put across?? To my mind this is just money thrown after bad!!