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22/01/2008
Pupils To Be Given Compulsory Cooking Classes
Pupils are to be given compulsory cooking classes in England's secondary school for the first time.
The Government plans to ensure that everyone knows how to make a healthy meal and from September, every 11-14 year-old in 85% of schools currently offering food technology classes will be taught practical cookery.
The remaining 15% will be expected to teach the compulsory classes by 2011.
Schools Secretary Ed Balls said: "It's not going to be just the technology of food, it will be how you can use simple ingredients, simple recipes, so that children and young people can be prepared for adult life."
The Children's Food Campaign, a coalition of more than 50 health organisations, teachers' unions, children's charities and others welcomed the government proposal but critics immediately pointed to the shortage of food technology teachers.
Clarissa Williams of the National Association of Head Teachers told BBC Radio Four: "Cookers, microwaves, all of the utensils, all of that costs a lot of money. There's also the expectation that the children will bring the ingredients and for some that could be difficult."
(CD)
The Government plans to ensure that everyone knows how to make a healthy meal and from September, every 11-14 year-old in 85% of schools currently offering food technology classes will be taught practical cookery.
The remaining 15% will be expected to teach the compulsory classes by 2011.
Schools Secretary Ed Balls said: "It's not going to be just the technology of food, it will be how you can use simple ingredients, simple recipes, so that children and young people can be prepared for adult life."
The Children's Food Campaign, a coalition of more than 50 health organisations, teachers' unions, children's charities and others welcomed the government proposal but critics immediately pointed to the shortage of food technology teachers.
Clarissa Williams of the National Association of Head Teachers told BBC Radio Four: "Cookers, microwaves, all of the utensils, all of that costs a lot of money. There's also the expectation that the children will bring the ingredients and for some that could be difficult."
(CD)
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