Rejected petition Get BSL British sign language into schools and onto the national curriculum

the subject sign language must be brought into the national curriculum as part of a subject There is more chance of bumping into a deaf person not been able to communicate so the younger generation should be able to learn and it not only teaches communication it could lead to jobs and teaching other

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I have a deaf child and a hearing child and we struggle if I wasn't so strong minded about the deaf community would not have a voice among other who want to speak but scared to
My mother is profoundly deaf with no speech and my 2 uncles
I sign because I was growing up with signing give it a chance

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Add sign language on to the national schools curriculum: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/599565

Provide funding for BSL classes for all school and college students and staff: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/602411

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Date submitted 12 January 2022
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