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Make British Colonialism a compulsory part of the secondary history curriculum.

Submitted on Sunday 7th June 2020

Rejected on Thursday 11th June 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Make British Colonialism a compulsory part of the secondary history curriculum.

Petition Details

The Government and the Department of Education must include British Colonialism and Imperialism as a compulsory part of the national History curriculum for secondary schools.

Additional Information

British Colonialism and Imperialism have not only shaped the country as it is today, but also the world.

It’s current omission from the national history curriculum serves to teach children an incomplete, and therefore false, version of the UK’s history.

Teaching the history of British Colonialism acknowledges the past wrongs of Britain and will help to nurture a more informed next generation.

Education is the most effective tool in our arsenal for constructing an anti-racist society.


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This petition was rejected

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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