ABSTRACT
Consumer education creates awareness of the changing world, with the least possible personal damage and the means of bringing about change if that appears to be required. The consumer education is about asking questions and subsequently making decisions which are as much political as personal. The growing interest in consumer education is not by means confined to the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, the interest in consumer education has come from the consumer organizations and central and local government as much as from teachers anxious to protect children from the impact of the exploitative nature of the consumer society. In French and West German secondary schools consumer education tends to appear in craft and economics courses. The Welsh Consumer Council and the National Federation of Consumer Groups are active in consumer education, as are some local authority consumer protection departments.
