Petition Remove compulsory lessons from school curriculum for GCSE students

Students are too often forced into subjects they are not interested in or have absolutely no use for. It would be better for teachers, students, and schools alike if no subjects were mandatory at GCSE level and students had the option to choose exactly which subjects they'd like to study in school.

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6 signatures

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Date closed 3 May 2017
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