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EBacc campaigners demand meeting with the PM as petitions clock up more than 72,000 protest signatures

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Two petitions against the English Baccalaureate reforms have amassed more than 72,000 signatures between them. It comes as research shows provision in non-EBacc subjects is falling.

Two petitions against the English Baccalaureate reforms have amassed more than 72,000 signatures between them.

More than 29,000 people have signed a petition calling for a more in-depth consultation over proposed English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBC) exam reforms.

Meanwhile, more than 43,300 have now signed a separate petition calling for the Education Select Committee to hold an inquiry into the lack of creative and cultural subjects in the EBacc.

It comes in a week when a letter signed by 100 cultural, business, sporting and education organisations was handed in at 10 Downing Street voicing concerns over the speed with which the government is pushing through the EBC reforms.

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