Petition · past parliament
Introduce lessons to primary & secondary schools on why discrimination is wrong.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
I want Parliament to introduce a lesson to the primary and secondary curriculums on the understanding of discrimination and why it is wrong.
These lessons must teach children to not hate others who have a different skin colour or ethnic background to them or anyone who have a disability.
These lessons must teach children to not hate others who have a different skin colour or ethnic background to them or anyone who have a disability.
These lessons will teach children that "different" doesn't mean "bad".
Some children are brought up in households that DON'T teach them to treat everyone as equal, and some children are brought up in households that do teach them that everyone is NOT equal.
Still to this day we are witnesses to discrimination on a huge scale, and this hate towards skin colour, race, culture and disability is due to ignorance. This ignorance must be prevented from the very beginning.
Some children are brought up in households that DON'T teach them to treat everyone as equal, and some children are brought up in households that do teach them that everyone is NOT equal.
Still to this day we are witnesses to discrimination on a huge scale, and this hate towards skin colour, race, culture and disability is due to ignorance. This ignorance must be prevented from the very beginning.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
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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
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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
Add ethics to the national curriculum for primary schools: Add ethics to the national curriculum for primary schools
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
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
11 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.