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Rejected petition Make educating secondary school students about knife crime mandatory.

Due to the knife crime and gang affiliation crisis being a large problem in London.Students should be educated on its dangers from a young vulnerable age.They should be taught alternative ways to avoid gang affiliation and taught how to prevent being groomed by older gang members.

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Knife crime is a huge problem within London.Hundreds of Youth being victims every year.Due to the COVID pandemic knife crime has reduced over 50% with this result and Potentially schools Educating their pupils about its dangerous side it could help cause a huge decrease In knife crime victims as it may prevent vulnerable children from being groomed into being recruited by gang members or potentially mislead to commit criminal offences.

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