Include black history and British colonialism in national school curriculum

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

To review the current national education curriculum by decolonising the material taught in schools, elevate black culture and history, and make it mandatory (not optional) to teach about British colonialism and prepare students to critically reflect on links to inequalities that exist today.

School can be seen as a site for reproducing inequalities that exist in society, or it can be a space to reframe and address inequalities. At the heart of education is change, and it is an opportune moment now for British society at large to question and reframe what we are teaching and prioritising in school/ educational material, and why. This should work alongside elevating and prioritising Black British culture and history. This is in line with your goal for education to be socially just.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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