Petition · past parliament
Make "critical thinking" a mandatory subject in secondary school.
Closed
125 signatures
What the petition asks
Critical thinking skills will allow the UK populous to improve their decision making process. Making critical thinking mandatory in schools will lead to future generations being better equipped to question what they are told in terms of facts and feasibility.
The National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking defines critical thinking as the "intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action."
Timeline
| 23 Jan 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 2 May 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
125
Status
Closed
Opened
23 Jan 2017
Closed
2 May 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.