Young People’s General Election: Your school's manifesto
With the political parties manifestos in the news this week, we’ve been asking young people about the issues that are important to them.
In classrooms across the UK, 4,110 pupils took part in a pupil-led classroom debate discussing either:
During a General Election, politicians make promises in a manifesto. If our school had a manifesto, what promise would be in it? (Pri+SEN)
Other than Brexit, what would you say is the most important issue that should be debated in this election? (Sec)
Question 1: During a General Election, politicians make promises in a manifesto. If our school had a manifesto, what promise would be in it?
Result: Environment!
Involving 2,070 pupils in primary and SEN schools, it’s a huge win for the environment. Almost half (45%) of the young people involved said that would be in their school manifesto.
With lots of support for learning outside of the classroom, environment is a bit of a theme with week’s answers. And it’s interesting that the dinner hall received so few votes - it comes up a lot in the questions that schools usually set themselves.
Question 2: Other than Brexit, what do you think is the most important issue that should be debated in this election?
Involving 2,070 secondary pupils, healthcare is our biggest win yet with 57% of the vote.
Interesting that the NHS seems to resonate with young people as much as adults and is the runaway is an important factor for the young people involved, with education in a distant second place with 17%.
Result: 57% said ‘healthcare’
About the Young People’s General Election 2019
Every week from now until the election, we’re asking young people to discuss, debate on vote on different questions related to the General Election. Primary and secondary-focused questions cover everything from the latest developments on the campaign trail to what young people think should be in the perfect manifesto.
On each Friday, we’re publishing the results on our blog. If you want to give this week’s questions a go in your class, click below:
Check out Educate GE
EducateGE is a collaboration between 24 democratic engagement organisations who have come together to support schools and educators to engage young people in the 2019 General Election.
We have put all of our support in one place to make it easy to view, download and access content. All of our resources are free, non-partisan and have been designed to be classroom-ready.