Petition Religious Studies should be optional in schools

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This petition is to make Religious Studies optional in ALL secondary schools at GCSE level. We want the government to create option that the student and parent(s) opt for at the beginning of year 7 (first year) which decides if the child does or does not want to partake in religious studies.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

9 signatures

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 20 November 2014
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