Petition · past parliament
Educate students about institutionalised discrimination & unconscious bias.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Pupils should be educated about the differences between personal/cultural/structural discrimination and the impact of unconscious bias. The current curriculum appears to promote respect for diversity, but fails to address the structural apparatus that continues to encourage and enable prejudice.
Educating children about the subtle nature of discrimination at the institutional level (and how this can develop personal prejudices that lead to more overt disadvantages, bullying and harassment), is vital for developing life-long positive attitudes towards equality & inclusivity. Training teaching staff - and particularly those in management positions - in this area would also help prevent BAME staff being disproportionately relied upon to address discrimination issues in individual schools.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 10 Jul 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 Sep 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
17 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.