Introduce basic UK political knowledge into secondary school curriculum
Introduce basic UK political knowledge into secondary school curriculum in PSHE / Citizenships and Values, with what each political party stands for, who people vote and why, and manifestos
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- 05 DEC 2024Petition rejectedalready-happening
The key stage 3 and 4 curriculums for Citizenship already include teaching about democracy, government and how laws are made and upheld. You can read more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study-for-key-stages-3-and-4 If you would like Politics to be a compulsory subject in its own right, or the content of the curriculum to change, you could start a petition about that.
- 13 NOV 2024Petition created
Background
There are many young people who are highly uninterested in British politics, which a lot of the time can lead to wasted votes as people either do not vote or they vote based on how much they like the leader's character.