Public Speaking should be on every curriculum in the UK

I was thinking about when I was younger, and how Public Speaking skills would have helped me navigate the school system more easily. I was in year 4, 5 maybe and I was getting unwanted attention from a boy in my school. I was very aware that I didn't have the capability to articulate not only my disgust at his language, but how to articulate to someone like a teacher or a grown up what was happening.

I think that there is a disconnect - especially since Covid - of how we as a species articulate (IN PERSON) how we feel. Online is awesome obviously - but in person communication has really suffered, especially in those students in their formative years.

We need to give students more opportunities to speak and be spoken to - to listen and to feel those nerves when speaking in public.

What do you think?