Footballer Deeney welcomes response to calls for teaching of more diverse topics
msn.comTroy Deeney has welcomed Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi’s response to his calls for the national curriculum to teach more diverse topics.
The Birmingham City captain launched a petition and published an open letter to the Government urging the teaching of the history and experiences of black, Asian and ethnic minorities to be made mandatory in schools.
It follows a similar move by the Welsh Government with a new curriculum framework set to be in place from September, and comes after Deeney commissioned a YouGov survey that found the majority of British teachers think the school system has a racial bias and only 12% said they feel empowered to teach diverse topics.
After the 33-year-old posted his open letter on social media, in which he insisted the current system is failing children from ethnic minorities, Mr Zahawi replied and thanked the footballer and said he wanted to discuss it further. “He reached out straight away which was something we weren’t anticipating if we are totally honest because we thought it may need to generate more news and traffic, but he has reached out so really interested to see if we can get a positive conversation,” Deeney told the PA news agency. “When you put yourself out like we have with this, naturally you are expecting some good, some bad and some people saying are we still talking about this, but the response has been fantastic. “To have the education minister reach out, I thought ‘wow’, so he has opened a line of communication that we will definitely explore.
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