Decolonise the primary and secondary education curriculum

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The national curriculum is dominated by a Eurocentric narrative which perpetuates systemic racism in the UK. Gavin Williamson should conduct a national curriculum review in partnership with BAME organisations & education specialists to change the narrative across all subjects in our curriculum.

This has been a bubbling conversation for many years in the UK. We as a country must look at the situation in the USA as a call to action to sort out our own systemic and institutionalised racism. We have seen that this begins with listening and learning from these oppressed groups. We must start with our national education systems and educate current and future generations on the reality of the post-colonial world we live in. We must see colour in our curricula.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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