{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/6408.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":6408,"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":"Education, Education, Education (Properly equip our Children and our Economy for the Future)","background":null,"additional_details":"The British education system used to be the best in the world but now we are falling behind.\r\n\r\n1) Dramatically increase funding (Education not the NHS should have been ring-fenced)\r\n2) Teach politics and sex ed. earlier and better to improve public understanding and involvement.\r\n3) Increase University funding to ensure we can compete globally since the tuition fee hike.\r\n4) Make studies relevant. e.g. study interest rates, mortgages and tax credits as maths modules.\r\n5) Make ICT and Science compulsory to a higher level to ensure a high-tech knowledge-economy","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-07T12:02:13.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:41.022Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-16T13:08:18.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-16T13:08:18.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-07T12:02:13.000Z","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":[]}}}