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raise more awareness of Mental Health in secondary schools!

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

create a service that allows teenagers to express how they feel within school with compulsory lessons within the curriculum to raise awareness of mental health.
the levels of mental health is rising and this need to change, teenagers are not aware of the start of a mental health situation and awareness needs to be made and stop teenagers from being sensitive and naive to the situation.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition explaining clearly how you would like the Government to raise more awareness of mental health in Secondary Schools.

You might like to sign this petition instead. It calls for mental health to be added to the national curriculum:
Introduction of Mental Health into National Curriculum and Hospitals

Timeline

27 Nov 2016 Petition opened for signatures
2 Dec 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Dec 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.