Diversify the british school curricula

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Change the school curricula so that learning about black history, white supremacy and privilege are compulsory as well as diversifying reading lists for gcse subjects and being given a variety of perspectives on historical events

Education is the most powerful tool and it is important that it is instilled from a young age that racism is unacceptable. Furthermore it is not enough to not be racist, we have to be anti-racist and children need to know and be taught how to stand up to and challenge oppressive views.

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 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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