Make it compulsory for schools to teach topics about racism and black history

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

I would like the government to make it compulsory for all schools to introduce topics about racism and its history in the UK in their curriculums and PSHE sessions. This would be taught across all years as it's important to introduce children to the issue from a young age.

Racism is a problem that has been overlooked by the UK government for decades and they've done little to fix it. Coming from a mixed family I have seen first-hand the way racism is still affecting people from minority backgrounds. Introducing children to the problem of racism and the history behind minority communities in the UK will decrease misunderstandings and discriminatory behaviour where eventually everyone treats each other as equal.

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

5 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
11 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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