Petition · past parliament

Sign language should be taught at infant age at nursery’s to primary school.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I think it’s important that children/people should be taught sign language at a young age so they know how to communicate with the hard of hearing.
Example; I have 2 deaf parents whom are both deaf and dumb, they have 5 kids to rely on to speak on behalf of them at shops or speak to at doctors or whenever they need to communicate to a hearing person who cannot sign. its hard to communicate with strangers. They feel like they can’t go out together as a couple without taking a hearing person to communicate on their behalf. I think it’s unfair. I think foreign language should be an option in secondary school and BSL to be taught in schools.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

6 Nov 2018 Petition opened for signatures
13 Nov 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 13 Nov 2018

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