Petition · past parliament
Option for parents to get children to do school work from home (September 2020)
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
In light of COVID19 and the fact that a percentage of parents are able to get their children to do their school work from home, we request parliament to give parents the option of doing this from September 2020.
There is a percentage of parents who are able and willing to help children at home and we prefer this over putting our children and older people they interact with at risk during COVID19. A lot of these kids have siblings at home to keep them company and also have access to closely supervised social interaction. There we see no reason why they can't continue schooling from home.
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 this petition calling for the same action: Require schools to support home learning during Covid-19 outbreak
Timeline
| 15 Aug 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Sep 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
22 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.