Submitted on Tuesday 9th June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 11th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make the UK slave trade and British colonialism mandatory on the curriculum.
The Department for Education states that ‘The national curriculum for history aims to ensure that all pupils, know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day: how Britain has influenced and has been influenced-
by the wider world’ Despite this, there is much missing from the Curriculum. By excluding British Imperialism, along with how members of the Commonwealth contributed to the British nation-state, British children are robbed of understanding how colonialist ideology was implemented. This stunts the growth of racial equality in the UK and hinders the racial esteem of Black British and British minority children.
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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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