SOCIAL STUDIES SUBJECT CURRICULUM (SAF1-03)

Teaching hours are given in 60-minute units:

PRIMARY SCHOOL

Year levels 1-7: 385 teaching hours

LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL

Year levels 8-10: 249 teaching hours (256 hours for year level 10 in 2013-2014)

THE EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR SPECIALISATION IN GENERAL STUDIES – THE PROGRAMME AREA FOR NATURAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS STUDIES AND THE PROGRAMME AREA FOR LANGUAGES, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND ECONOMICS STUDIES

Year 1 of upper secondary school (Vg1): 84 teaching hours

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, THE EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA, THE EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND THE EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR SPECIALISATION IN GENERAL STUDIES – ARTS, CRAFTS AND DESIGN STUDIES

Year 2 of upper secondary school (Vg2): 84 teaching hours