{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/24941.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":24941,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Make history a compulsory GCSE subject","background":null,"additional_details":"In most of Europe, studying history is compulsory up until the age of sixteen.\r\n\r\nIn England's schools, history only has to be taught until fourteen - this means that too much has to be crammed into a short period of teaching time. If pupils continue studying history beyond the age of fourteen, the current structure can often mean repetition of topics rather than a widening of knowledge.\r\n\r\nThe government should give history equal status to English, maths and science. Make history a compulsory Key Stage 4 (GCSE) subject.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-12-03T20:21:49.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:41.403Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-12-06T13:34:07.000Z","closed_at":"2012-12-06T13:34:07.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-12-03T20:21:49.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[],"signatures_by_constituency":[],"signatures_by_region":[],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}