Rejected petition Make it compulsory for pupils to be learn about UK’s role in the slave trade

It is only through education we will be able to eradicate racism and the current curriculum has not provided sufficient education to help bring about the social change needed to make all people be treated equally.
Making it just optional will not work, racism persists and requires more from us all

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Improve the National Curriculum so that all pupils will be taught about the issues of racism in our history, in sport, how it affects job prospects, in citizenship issues, etc so they can fully understand why Black Lives Matter

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Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323808

Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323961

Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324092

We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality

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Date submitted 6 June 2020
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