Get BSL British sign language into schools and onto the national curriculum

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

the subject sign language must be brought into the national curriculum as part of a subject There is more chance of bumping into a deaf person not been able to communicate so the younger generation should be able to learn and it not only teaches communication it could lead to jobs and teaching other

I have a deaf child and a hearing child and we struggle if I wasn't so strong minded about the deaf community would not have a voice among other who want to speak but scared to
My mother is profoundly deaf with no speech and my 2 uncles
I sign because I was growing up with signing give it a chance

Why it was rejected

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

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Add sign language on to the national schools curriculum: Add sign language on to the national schools curriculum.

Provide funding for BSL classes for all school and college students and staff: Provide funding for BSL classes for all school and college students and staff

Timeline

12 Jan 2022	Petition opened for signatures
17 Jan 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 17 Jan 2022

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