Teach British Sign Language in every Primary, Junior and Secondary School

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Growing up as a CODA (a child of deaf adult/s), I have seen the struggle deaf people go through, on a daily basis. With 11 million deaf people in the UK and only 151,000 BSL users, you can imagine how difficult life can be when trying to communicate with anybody outside of their immediate circle.

Currently in our UK schools, we teach languages such as; French, Spanish and German. I feel we are seriously neglecting every deaf/hard of hearing person living among us. For some, even leaving the house is a challenge because they are confronted with people who don’t understand them and vice versa.
Even if you do not personally know anybody who is deaf, speak up for those who suffer immensely because we can change the future and deaf people will no longer have to feel so isolated!

Why it was rejected

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

Make British Sign Language a compulsory subject in the national curriculum

Timeline

8 Dec 2020	Petition opened for signatures
14 Dec 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Dec 2020

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