Pace, I don't disagree. My point is that the timing of such training has to be right. I recollect maybe two exercises of stall/spin when I did my PPL in the early 80s. We now do far more slow speed awareness training and certainly provide more comprehensive training for stalls. Personally, I think the current syllabus provides a better overall grounding (in most areas). Is it good enough? I don't know.
It would be interesting to see whether the statistics back up the change in policy. After all they should be able to provide a 20 year snapshot.