This petition was submitted during the 2010 to 2015 Parliament
Rejected petition make politics lessons compulsory in secondary school
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Introduce compulsory politics lessons for students in Years 7-11 in order to ensure that when voting age is reached there is the basic knowledge needed for an informed decision.
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