Rejected petition Make teaching of mental health mandatory in the school curriculum

Ensure that mental health is taken more seriously as a subject in schools. It’s touched on (briefly) in PSE (for some schools) but it needs to be taught in detail - with the importance of asking for help when you feel low highlighted!

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•Put forward that schools need to teach mental health as it’s own whole subject.

•Make young people aware in school that there are always people they can talk to ( and making sure there is actually councillors in place to listen)

•Make it mandatory for teachers to learn about key mental health issues & how to deal with them. (Anxiety & depression)

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/561016

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Date submitted 8 March 2021
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