New South Wales Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION ACT 1990 - SECT 10

10 Minimum curriculum for secondary education (Years 7 to 10)

(1) The curriculum for secondary school children during Year 7 to Year 10 (other than for candidates for the School Certificate) must meet the following requirements:

(a) courses of study in 6 out of the 8 key learning areas for secondary education are to be provided for each child,

(b) courses of study in the key learning areas of English, Mathematics, Science and Human Society and its Environment are to be provided during each Year, but the courses of study in the other key learning areas need not be provided during each Year,

(c) courses of study in a key learning area are to be appropriate for the children concerned having regard to their level of achievement and needs,

(d) courses of study in a key learning area are to be provided in accordance with any relevant guidelines developed by the Board and approved by the Minister,

(e) courses of study in a key learning area are to be based on, and taught in accordance with, a syllabus developed or endorsed by the Board and approved by the Minister.

(2) The requirements of this section constitute the minimum curriculum for schools providing secondary education for children during Year 7 to Year 10 who are not candidates for the School Certificate.

(3) If requested to do so by the proprietor of a non-government school (or, in the case of a school that is a member of a system of non-government schools, the approved authority for the system), the Board may approve such modifications to the syllabus referred to in subsection (1) (e) as it considers necessary to enable any part of a course of study in a key learning area that appears to the Board to be incompatible with the educational philosophy or religious outlook of the school to be based on, and taught compatibly with, that educational philosophy or religious outlook. The part of the course of study at that school is to be based on and taught in accordance with the syllabus as modified.

(4) Any modification approved under subsection (3) must be consistent with the guidelines referred to in subsection (1) (d).