Include teaching of racial injustices in UK past & present to NationalCurriculum

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

I would like for the government to consider adding the teaching of racism and black history in the UK to the national curriculum. This can be done by updating the GCSE reading lists to include more books about racism faced by BAME individuals as well as more literature and artwork by POC.

I would like this to be done because I feel that there is not enough education at the moment about the UKs past in how we were involved in colonisation and salve trading around the world. Many white British people are also still completely unaware about the racial injustices that are faced in this country to this date. Educating all young people about the problem of racism, whether that be systemic, institutional or overt, is key to helping to end all forms of racism that still occur today.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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