Add another year to children’s education so they recover from the pandemic

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Add another year to the education system in the UK to allow children impacted by the pandemic to have the opportunity to learn without being under pressure and have time to play and socialise with their friends. The mental health of children and teachers should be prioritised over milestones.

Our children’s mental health is more important than what they know by a certain age. They have not only lost out on education but they have missed the social interactions and play that are an important part of their development. They don’t need to learn under any more pressure. Stress works against development it doesn’t aid it. The children need time to readjust, learn and have fun. Teachers have done a great job through covid and they also don’t need any more pressure applied to them.

Why it was rejected

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

All pupils to repeat this current academic year.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

Timeline

22 Feb 2021	Petition opened for signatures
1 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Mar 2021

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