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Petition · past parliament

To introduce classes on adult working life to Secondary School Curriculum.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

The UK Government should do more to prepare teenagers for working life by teaching them about things such as pensions and how they work, taxes, their rights as workers, their rights as tenants and other elements of adult life. These are vital things that many do not learn about and never will.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Educate KS4 students with functional skills they can use later in life.

Timeline

12 Apr 2017 Petition opened for signatures
19 Apr 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 Apr 2017

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