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Make Human Rights mandatory to be taught in schools

Submitted on Tuesday 24th January 2023

Rejected on Wednesday 25th January 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make Human Rights mandatory to be taught in schools

Petition Details

I’d like the government/education to have Human Rights to be taught in schools. Young people need to understand equality and know their rights, to understand both how they should be treated, and how they should treat others.

Additional Information

Human rights are basic rights that belong to all of us simply because we are human. They embody key values in our society such as fairness, dignity, equality and respect. They are an important means of protection for us all, especially those who may face abuse, neglect and isolation

Teaching these topics creates a safe place for students to explore, discuss, challenge and form their own opinions and values

Schools nationwide and worldwide should have a duty to teach human rights


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Schools are already required to teach students about human rights as part of citizenship education, at key stage 4.

You can read the citizenship programmes of study for key stages 3 and 4 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

We could accept a petition calling for changes to national curriculum content on human rights - for example calling for this to be taught at all ages - but it would need to be clear what changes you wanted.

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