Make teaching of black history & racial injustice compulsory in all UK schools.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Black history should become compulsory teaching in all pre-GCSE (or equivalent) history syllabuses. Also, racial injustice, laws surrounding racism, and white privilege should become compulsory reading in all citizenship/PSHE syllabuses.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

13 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
10 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 10 Jul 2020

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