Petition · past parliament
Make it mandatory to learn about mental illnesses in schools from an early age
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
Not many people understand mental illnesses! It's not spoken about much and often we never know when to help until it's reached crisis point. Make it mandatory to learn about them from a young age in a bid to avoid the high number of fatalities caused by mental illnesses
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 8 Jul 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
19 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.