Submitted on Thursday 18th March 2021
Rejected on Thursday 1st April 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
To make basic lessons on Politics in the UK obligatory in schools
Young people need obligatory lessons on Political Parties, Electoral Systems and The Constitution and the running of our country. By learning this from a younger age, then they can independently formulate their own political views, meanwhile, increase political participation in our democracy.
It is heavily important that young people are correctly educated on basic political ideas and on how the country is actually run. With the growing importance of Social Media in younger peoples lives, they need to be aware of what news sources they can trust especially on key things like politics. Furthermore, younger people are more manipulatable, so they need correctly educating (by a senior figure in their lives i.e. a teacher) how to participate in our democracy.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Politics is a topic which is already covered by the UK national curriculum under the Citizenship Programme. You can find out more here:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study-for-key-stages-3-and-4
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