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P-05-1000 Make it compulsory for Black and POC UK histories to be taught in the Welsh education curriculum

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Meeting: 09/05/2022 - Petitions Committee (Item 4)

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The paper was noted.

Meeting: 20/09/2021 - Petitions Committee (Item 3)

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Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities, Contributions and Cynefin in the New Curriculum Working Group: final report

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The Committee considered this petition alongside petition P-05-1080 Introduce anti-racist teaching materials to children in schools in Wales to reduce hate crimes and agreed to welcome the fact that the Working Group’s comprehensive report and 51 recommendations were accepted by the Education Minister in March 2021 and:

  • that both petitions have been successful in highlighting the need for improved knowledge and understanding of the experiences and contributions of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities within the Welsh Curriculum,
  • to thank the petitioner for raising these important issues and close the petitions; and
  • In closing the petition, members agreed to write to the Minister for an update on implementing the recommendations at the end of March 2022, agreeing to share that response with the petitioners.

Meeting: 16/03/2021 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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This petition was considered alongside petition P-05-1080 Introduce anti-racist teaching materials to children in schools in Wales to reduce hate crimes.

 

The Committee considered correspondence on the petitions and agreed to pass the petitions to its successor committee following the Senedd election to enable it to continue to scrutinise the development of new teaching resources and professional learning needs.

Meeting: 03/11/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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The Committee agreed to note the correspondence received in advance of the Plenary debate on the petition scheduled for 4 November and that it would return to the petition following that debate.

 

Meeting: 15/09/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

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The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to Business Committee to seek time for a combined plenary debate on the petition and petition P-05-992 We call on the Welsh Government to create a common body of knowledge about Welsh history that all pupils will learn.

 

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