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secondary forms shown in the chart below represents a basic model
(together with a number of slight variations) to accommodate a
balanced curriculum of general, practical and cultural subjects, as
envisaged in the 1974 White Paper, but allowing some flexibility from
school to school. A notional 42-period week is shown in order to
indicate the relative proportions of time assigned to the constituent
subjects of the curriculum within the broad guidelines of the White
Paper in practice, however, most secondary schools operate 40-period
weeks (26 hours, 40 minutes, exclusive of breaks) and therefore need
to reduce the suggested time allocation by two periods, according to
individual circumstances.
For Secondary Technical Schools
Basic Variation model
1
Variation
2
Variation 3
Languages (Note 1)
13
14
13
12
Mathematics
5
5
5
5
4
Science
4
4
4
Social subjects (Note 2)
6
5
5
5
Chinese history
2
2
2
2
Practical (Note 3)
6
6
7
8
Physical education
2
2.
2
2
Music
2
2
2
2
Ethical or religious. Education (Note 4)
2
2
2
2
Total
42
42
42
42