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Petition · past parliament

Political Education to be put on the National Curriculum.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Politics needs to be taught at primary school level onwards. How can you ask the country to vote for anything they have NO EDUCATION on? Politics should not just be for the super rich or the exceptions. Politics should be for EVERYONE.

Why it was rejected

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

Make political education compulsory in secondary schools.

Timeline

20 Jan 2019 Petition opened for signatures
25 Jan 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 25 Jan 2019

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