Section 17Part 5 — CURRICULUM AND EDUCATIONAL STAGE ASSESSMENT
Power to prescribe curriculum
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The basic requirements for the curriculum in every school shall promote equality of access and opportunity for all students to learn and achieve well, and shall —
be broad, balanced and relevant to the needs and interests of all students;
promote the spiritual, emotional, moral, social, cultural, physical, intellectual and economic development of the students; and
prepare students for the subsequent stages of their education, training or employment and for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life, such as being active participants in the workforce and productive citizens.
The curriculum for every school shall be comprised of the mandatory subjects, as stated in subsection (4) and shall specify in relation to each of the subjects —
attainment targets that include the knowledge, skills and understanding that students are expected to have by the end of each educational stage;
programmes of study that include the matters, skills and processes which are required to be taught to students during each educational stage; and
assessment arrangements that include the arrangements for assessing students at or near the end of each educational stage for the purpose of ascertaining what they have achieved in relation to the attainment targets.
The educational stages shall be prescribed by regulations made under subsection (8).
The mandatory subjects shall include literacy, numeracy, science, information and communications technology, the arts, physical education, and studies related to civics, religion, and the history and culture of the Islands.
Non-denominational religious worship and instruction shall be given in every Government school.
In all schools the standard and level of achievement of each student shall be assessed at the end of each educational stage and the outcome of that assessment shall be made available to the parents or legal guardians of the student to whom the assessment relates, in such manner and together with such further information as may be prescribed by regulations made under subsection (8).
All programmes of study undertaken at the final stage of compulsory education shall be at the appropriate standard for that stage and internationally accredited as recognised by the Ministry.
The Cabinet may make regulations as to the matters mentioned in subsections (3), (4) and (6).
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