Stall/spin awareness is a mandatory part of the JAR syllabus, and at-least 2 hours have to be done.
Actual spins were eliminated from the syllabus because it was perceived that more aircraft were being lost in training, than saved due to pilots having practiced spin recoveries. It's an often controversial point but, historically, the accident statistics seem to prove this to have been correct.
Any student who wants to do some spinning just needs to ask their school. Most can provide this training either pre or post PPL.
What is poorly taught is that in about 99% of cases, if the pilot puts the stick and rudder in the middle the moment the aircraft does something odd, it'll recover. Much training is about the fully developed spin, which is essentially an aerobatic maneouvre that most pilots should never get to.
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