Black History and Racial Studies to be compulsory in primary school curriculum.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Racial Studies, with a heavy focus on Black History should become a compulsory subject in all primary schools. Religious Studies is already a compulsory subject yet religion is a choice and race is a foundation. So why are choices being taught before foundations are even acknowledged or understood.

The Government stated in 2017 "schools have the flexibility to teach these topics [Black History] in ways that are appropriate and sensitive to the needs of their pupils." This is not good enough. Schools are subjective to the extent they are willing to teach and shouldn't the need of all pupils be the freedom to learn about black history? UK prides itself on being a multiracial nation yet racism still wins. To introduce Racial Studies as a compulsory subject is a step towards a better society.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums: Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums

Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history: Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history

Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum: Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum

We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality

Timeline

2 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
11 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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