introduce Black history into the National Curriculum

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

I would like the Government to implement an extensive segment of the national curriculum that focuses on black history and the injustices that people of colour have faced throughout history. I also think that this should be touched upon in primary school to increase tolerance from a young age.

As someone who has recently left the UK education system, I know that all too often people are leaving school with little to no understanding of black history. I feel that this largely contributes to peoples racism and ignorance. Racism is still a large issue within the UK and introducing black history to the curriculum will help white students understand more about their friends who are people of colour and teach them how to challenge other peoples racist 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 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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