This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Let girls do Basketball as a subject.
Some schools in England don’t allow girls to do basketball. Girls should do this sport as a lesson because as much as boys are good at it so are we.
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Girls should do Basketball as a lesson because it’s pretty sexist how boys get to do it. And even for boys, they might want to do hockey or even gymnastics. Sport shouldn’t be separated between genders. If boys can do a certain sport then girls can do it equally[vice versa] because we all have the same abilities.To find out more or understand reasons why girls should do basketball visit : https://www.majorleaguegirls.com/mlg-voices-1/2018/3/12/three-reasons-why-every-girl-should-play-basketball
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can't accept your petition because this would the responsibility of the school and not the UK Government or Parliament.
The UK Government does set a list of sports that can be taught at GCSE. However, it leaves it up to schools to decide which genders can play which sports so long as they are "comparable".
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