Submitted on Tuesday 14th February 2017
Rejected on Thursday 23rd February 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Make GCSE Philosophy and Ethics/Religious Studies an optional subject
Having this subject mandatory is just unnecessary extra stress for year 11 students and it is unfair that they're expected to learn all this extra stuff which won't have any use in most of their lives. It should be a subject that they choose to do, not one that's chosen for them. Not many need it.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Ethics and philosophy are not compulsory subjects at GCSE. You can find out more about which subjects are compulsory here:
www.gov.uk/national-curriculum/key-stage-3-and-4
Schools can decide to make certain subjects compulsory. You could raise this issue with your school's governing body.
If you'd like RE to be made optional in years 10 and 11, you could sign this petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/179720
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