Add learning sign language to school curriculum instead of French Spanish etc.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

I and multiple of my peers want sign language added to he school curriculum. This would mean implementing one or two sign language lessons a week to teach students how to communicate with the deaf. I am familiar with deaf people but unable to communicate any way other than text.

This is because sign language would be of more use to us instead of French, Spanish, German etc or to replace one lesson a week with learning it. Making this mandatory could change lives and mean deaf children or adults won't need a specialist or escort as its a norm that everyone or almost everyone is familiar with sign language.

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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Make British Sign Language a compulsory subject in the national curriculum
Make British Sign Language a compulsory subject in the national curriculum

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 25 Nov 2020

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