Rejected petition Add learning sign language to school curriculum instead of French Spanish etc.

I and multiple of my peers want sign language added to he school curriculum. This would mean implementing one or two sign language lessons a week to teach students how to communicate with the deaf. I am familiar with deaf people but unable to communicate any way other than text.

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This is because sign language would be of more use to us instead of French, Spanish, German etc or to replace one lesson a week with learning it. Making this mandatory could change lives and mean deaf children or adults won't need a specialist or escort as its a norm that everyone or almost everyone is familiar with sign language.

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Make British Sign Language a compulsory subject in the national curriculum
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331031

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Date submitted 8 November 2020
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