Introduce Black and British Colonial history to the curriculum

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Introduce Black and British Colonial history to the school curriculum to provide our next generation of children with an understanding of our diverse nation and it’s history and to help combat future racism in our society (both overt and systemic/institutionalised).

This is important for our diverse country - children of all heritages should understand our colonial history, the history of slavery, and the history of race in our country (for example, the windrush generation).
I believe, along with may others, that this will help combat future racism and discrimination by giving children of the future diverse historical education.

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 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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