Submitted on Sunday 11th May 2025
Rejected on Thursday 5th June 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Make GCSE English Literature no longer mandatory.
GCSE English Literature should become an optional GCSE subject for students, it is too subjective, and students only get marked based mostly on the examiner's opinion. There is no creativity and the analysis is useless.
The GCSE English Literature subject is completely useless for those who do not want to spend years analysing texts from back in the 19th century and 17th century (e.g Macbeth) and it is especially useless since Shakespearean language is not used anymore. Making it an optional subject help students who want to increase their skills in analysis, and helps the students who are going for less wordy subjects such as STEM to avoid any unnecessary overwhelming information to both remember and apply.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about whether a GCSE subject is optional or mandatory are a matter for individual schools, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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