Rejected petition allow schools to teach more about/focus more on male mental health

We want schools across the uk to teach more about male mental and help to prevent young people from unhealthy coping mechanisms such as Self harm or suicide. Making PSHE lessons teach more about healthy ways to cope and to make students more aware of the dangers.

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We want to help stop young people committing suicide and help people cope in healthier ways.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We are not sure what action you would like the Government to take

Content on mental health is already in the curriculum (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education/physical-health-and-mental-wellbeing-primary-and-secondary), and it's not clear how you want this to be changed.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Make ‘Mental Health Studies’ a separate subject in the National Curriculum: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/617834

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 20 October 2022
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