Make it compulsory to teach Black and POC history in the English curriculum

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Britain benefited from colonialism and slavery for centuries. This needs to be represented in the curriculum.
The legacies of slavery and colonialism have very real impacts on BAME communities across Britain today, and the English education system needs to recognise this.

The British Empire has often been glamorised and the global impact of Britain’s colonialism downplayed. This has been reflected in the content taught. We have learnt all about the World Wars and would be horrified if Germany was refusing to teach their students about it. So why should it be any different, English schools should have to teach children about uncomfortable history where Britain exploited people, and explain why it is responsible for racism today.

Education beats ignorance

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

4 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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