Rejected petition Add colonialism and uncensored British history to the national curriculum

To add colonialism to the national school curriculum including how we used atrocities and crimes to built the empire, how this has shaped the systems we run by today. Uncensored British history

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To better educated the population on the downfalls and the atrocities that our country has commit in the past so we can prevent them happening again, and question the way our systems operate

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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 8 June 2020
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