Mandatory Monthly Mental Health Class For 14-16 Year Olds In UK Education.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

We need to look to create a programme for all schools to deliver a mandatory Mental Health Class for young adults in our UK schools. This would be delivered at a monthly rate or at worst a Term based class. The importance of monthly is to keep a regular dialogue in place to assist this.

This is a necessity to make change for our younger generation in helping manage their mental health and have a greater dialogue being held around speaking around their mental health. Mental Health related suicide is a pandemic in its own right in the age group of 25-40 in UK Men. Its is imperative a greater step is taken to protect the mental health of our own younger generation.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The Government sets the national curriculum for schools, but how this is delivered and how schools meet the health, including mental health, needs of their students is a matter for individual schools, not the Government or House of Commons.

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Timeline

18 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
25 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 25 Mar 2021

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