Submitted on Tuesday 17th January 2023
Rejected on Friday 20th January 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Ban or reduce homework in schools across the nation!
Homework exacerbates stress, anxiety and even depression within school students, mental health is the worst its ever been. Mental effects of this pressure may be long lasting and affect students lives, relationships and free time. With such a detrimental affect on mental health is it worth it?
Student's average anxiety levels are higher than that of the adults
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandwellbeing/bulletins/coronavirusandfirstyearhighereducationstudentsengland/4octoberto11october2021
A Stanford University study showed that homework affects students’ physical and mental health because at least 56% of students attribute homework to be their primary source of stress.
https://news.stanford.edu/2014/03/10/too-much-homework-031014/
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Ban schools from being able to set homework: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/622990
Ban schools from setting more than four hours of homework a week: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618953
Ban more than 1 hour of homework every week: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/625160
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