Make Black History mandatorily taught in schools.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To make black history a full topic in the history subject of secondary schools to help educate the nation. Thus helping to reduce racism.

Racism comes from the absence of Education regarding minorities. In Secondary School there are 55 units in History, only 3 of these involve minorities of black history. This is not enough.
We need to educate everyone in this country on black history. Adding an entire topic for black history in Secondary School would be a great start.

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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