Petition · past parliament

Remove political bias from education

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

For too long teachers and lecturers have been grooming their pupils in schools and universities, with biased and extreme political views. This should be banned and people left to form their own opinions.
Teachers must be stopped from influencing young and impressionable minds who look up to them as a voice of authority. Education establishments should be free from political bias.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the UK Government or House of Commons to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about the influence of universities on university students, but it's not clear what you want the UK Government to do about this.

Universities are autonomous institutions and decisions about the content of courses and employment of lecturers and professors is a matter for individual universities, not the Government or House of Commons.

If you want the Government to nationalise higher education, so that the Government is responsible for university education, including setting any rules around political impartiality, we could accept a petition requesting that.

Timeline

25 Sep 2020 Petition opened for signatures
25 Nov 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 25 Nov 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.