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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to establish a Politics GCSE. More details
Submitted by Jon Harris – Deadline to sign up by: 12 June 2009 – Signatures: 57
More details from petition creator
We are 3 Year 12 students who've enjoyed studying politics at A-level and wish we could have studied it at a GCSE level. However, in England and Wales and Northern Ireland you cannot take GCSE politics. It was cancelled in 2002 due to lack of popularity because the course was considered 'dull' because it was based around the study of political institutions. However, we believe that a new GCSE in politics, with a new syllabus based around the more interesting and contempory aspects of politics, for example pressure groups, political parties and setting up your own country and ideology, would attract young people. An interesting and popular GCSE will lead to more people understanding politics which in turn would lead to better political participation and be of huge benefit to society.
Current signatories
Jon Harris, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- John Holden
- Ben Pritchard
- Josh Searl
- Sally Harris
- Philip Glover BA (Hons)
- Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/noknifecrime/)
- Aminah Borg-Luck
- Rachael Weait
- Tim Harris
- Rosie Morris
- David Dalgleish
- John Stanley
- Donna Castle
- I can think of a few MP's who would benefit from a course like this!!!
- Nathan Williamson
- As long as it allows positive coverage of the BNP rather than labelling them as racist Nazis
- William Thomas
- Andrea J Chee
- Elisabeth Telcs
- Stuart Vernon
- Katherine Thomas
- Karen Vaughan
- Steve Aynsley - petitions.pm.gov.uk/parentslone
- Mobushhra Rehman
- Victoria
- Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
- Carl Gibbons
- Karen Francis
- Laura Truesdale
- Daisy Ford
- Tina McLeod
- Jeremy Wormald
- Sue Gray
- Helen Reilly
- leah
- Adam Lonsdale
- Samantha Stainforth
- Alexander Otley
- Edward Mason
- Rachel McGowan
- Adam Pollard
- Andrew Taylor
- James Turnbull
- emma davidmann
- Christopher Windle
- Ross Hill
- James Bryan Paul Harries
- Hannah Gray
- Amy Paynter
- Braden Davy
- Jack Gebhard
- Adam Storey
- sarah
- Andrew Elliott MYP (North Tyneisde)
- nicky
- Michael Shilliday
