Key characteristics of the curriculum

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This page will discuss widely the main characteristics of the revised curriculum. This should include:
Underlying philosophy.
How the curriculum should address a wide range of ability among learners.
Subjects and subject balance. Subject choice
Cross curriculuar issues such as democracy, social and personal developent, HIV, career advice, etc.
The place of assessment.
Technical issues such as hours/year, hours/subject, student:staff ratio, class szes, room use, school size, etc.
Special needs and inclusion. .
How the curriculum should be expressed - in what documents and how should it be explained in each set of documents (what should be learnt? what shoudl be taught?, what should teh student be able to do as a result of learning? etc.)