Introduce Black History to the primary and secondary curriculum.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

The only time Black History is mentioned is during Black History Month but this does not happen every year in schools neither is it always taught. Do you remember the last lesson you had on Black History? Probably not but I am sure you remember the lessons on Henry the VIII.
IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE!

It is Important for children to learn about all parts of history and not just white history. It is important that children learn about everyones history as this will help to bring awareness and also educate people from younger ages. I do not remember having lessons on black history but I feel this would have made people understand why the current movement on racism is so important. If we are not taught about why a certain race’s history is so important why would people take the time to care?

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

7 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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