Change the curriculum to reflect black history

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Children deserve to be taught a true depiction of English history because there have been events beyond living memory and historical events that have involved black people. The history curriculum has always focused on white Anglo-Saxons and the bias ingrained in the history needs to be changed.

The government NEED to change it because you need to break down systemic racism from the ground up.

We need to ensure that in PSHE, racial conversations are statutory so children feel there is an open space to ask questions and have them answered by objective educators. The children are our future, they will shape the world of tomorrow and we need them to grow as well-cultured beings in order to be civilised members of 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

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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