Rejected petition: Make political education mandatory in secondary schools
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We want the Government or Parliament to incorporate political education into secondary school’s curriculum in a non-biased manner in order to decrease the lack of knowledge amongst young pupils.
There is a worrying amount of misinformation spread around schools regarding statistics that are often used to support different political parties. This is because, knowledge amongst teens is acquired mainly through social media where lies are often accumulated. This creates strong political opinions based on false facts which truly is a devastating problem for our country.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:
Fund high-quality, non-partisan political and citizenship teaching resources
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754954Make British politics compulsory in the secondary school curriculum
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757061Add Politics & Economics lessons to the secondary school curriculum
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/760350We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.