Make BSL compulsory to be taught in both primary and secondary schools

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Introduce British Sign Language into the national curriculum, potentially in place of a Modern Foreign Language,for primary and secondary schools.
Being a hearing student but having learnt BSL, I have been able to run a BSL club within school to allow other to learn the vital skill.

British Sign Language is used by over 150,000 people in the UK and for many of them it is their first language due to hearing or speech impairments. Over 20,000 children use BSL as their first language but upon starting school are unable to or have difficulties in communicating with other children of the same age due to very few people knowing BSL. The limited number of people who know BSL creates a split within society and users often find themselves excluded from society but this can change.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Add sign language on to the national schools curriculum.

Timeline

2 Nov 2021	Petition opened for signatures
8 Nov 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Nov 2021

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