Submitted on Monday 1st June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 11th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make the British Empire a compulsory part of the school curriculum
I would like the government to make it compulsory for schools to cover the British Empire and its impacts in the history curriculum for primary and secondary pupils.
The British Empire had a huge impact around the globe, and it's effects can be seen and are relevant today. However, very few people are aware of anything more than a vague outline.
We cannot fully understand ourselves and the world we live in today if we do not connect with our past.
Though there may be things in our past that make us uncomfortable, we can only make positive changes if we are honest and open.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323808
Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323961
Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324092
We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality
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