Rejected petition Make citizenship a GCSE that all students have the choice to do

This petition is to make citizenship (law, politics etc.) a set choice for students in year 11 to take. this would mean it would be on the curriculum in year 11 if you want to do it but it would be a part of the GCSEs that you can choose from to do.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Apart from compulsory subjects, it's up to schools to decide which subjects they want to offer.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 27 February 2018
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