Make democracy a compulsory subject in Secondary schools. Must be impartial.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Students not knowing about basic democratic actions or what parliament actually is, makes me question how democratic our future will be. School should teach us this so we can sustain democracy and so people know how to exercise their political rights. I believe lessons should be as frequent as PSHE.

I am a 14 year old student attending secondary school. I study citizenship, an option for GCSE, and it's the only way I learn about democracy, and not everyone picked citizenship, which is a reason why there is an virtual oblivion with youth about democratic rights. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/08/young-people-vote-school-teach-politics-curriculum-election This article clearly explains why schools are responsible for a diminishing voter turnout amongst youth.

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

21 Jan 2019	Petition opened for signatures
28 Jan 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 28 Jan 2019

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