Secondary Education

The second stage of formal schooling, which typically lasts from ages 15 to 18 and starts at age 11 to 13.

Secondary Level

The secondary curriculum is a skills-focused program that gives students solid critical thinking and communication skills in addition to a broad and balanced knowledge of important subjects. Discover how we prepare our Learners for further education.

In order to prepare learners for the demands of university, our middle and secondary school curriculum is a skills-focused program that is used widely in the Zambia and in many African and other international schools.

 

The secondary curriculum at The Centre4eLearning is based on Key Stage Complementary Curriculum Approach and is built to offer our middle and secondary school scholars a broad and balanced program of study in the following subjects below.

Two Levels

The Secondary Level is divided into two levels, namely: Junior and senior. This entails also the subject provision is different. 

Junior Secondary

Years 8 and 9 pupils in secondary schools participate in a phase of instruction that contributes to making the transition from primary to secondary school secure, reliable, and consistent for all students.

Senior Secondary

A school that offers general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses and sits in the middle of elementary and college education.

Curriculum

We want to provide a diverse and well-balanced curriculum for everyone. Our main qualities are: CONFIDENCE, KINDNESS, and RESPECT

This course aims to help learners gain the media literacy, oral communication, reading, and writing abilities they’ll need to succeed in secondary school.

 The purpose of our mathematics curriculum is to assist all students in:

  • Developing a favorable attitude toward arithmetic and appreciating its real-world applications.
  • Develop your capacity for problem-solving and your application of mathematics in daily life.
  • Use precise and effective mathematic language.

Students can deepen their understanding of physics, chemistry, and biology fundamentals in this course, as well as learn how to connect science to technology, society, and the environment. In order to study ideas and apply their knowledge in circumstances that are pertinent to their lives and communities, students will employ scientific inquiry, scientific experimentation, and engineering design procedures throughout the course. As they evolve into global citizens who are scientifically literate, students will continue to acquire transferable skills.

History is the interpretation of previous events that are thought to have had a substantial impact on human behavior, as well as the method used to pick, look into, and analyze these events. History is not the account of the past; rather, it is our endeavor to recreate and interpret those aspects of the past that interest us today.

 

Learners learn about past human experiences at the local, family, national, and international levels through history. Additionally, students gain a grasp of cause and effect, change and continuity, and time and chronology that is age-appropriate. They learn abilities that are appropriate for their developmental stages so they can critically assess the information.

Students who study commerce learn about themes including business, merchandising, trading, trading of economic assets, and financial information or transactions.

The four components of the religion curriculum are sacred texts, beliefs, church, and Christian life. Since these threads are connected, they ought to be taught together as well as in ways that are suitable for certain regional settings.

Civic education has been acknowledged as a subject that should be taught in schools as a requirement. It informs students of their rights, responsibilities, and how good citizens should be prepared to carry out their civic tasks for the advancement of their community and the country as a whole.

Under the four strands of Fine Art, Photography, Textiles and Fashion Design, and 3D Design, learners develop knowledge and visual language abilities in a wide range of specializations in Art & Design. Through aspirational teaching, we encourage students to learn, inquire into the world around them, sketch and design with a variety of purposes, and employ a wide range of highly specialized materials and technical tools to realize their purposes. Students will study about, research, and explore relevant and noteworthy artists, craftspeople, and designers from a variety of genres, periods, and cultures, including both male and female as well as LGBTQ+ practitioners. This is in addition to the “practical” aspects of our courses.

 

A subject that is taught in most schools at both the primary and secondary levels. It enables learners to use their own imaginations and creativity to build a variety of practical and creative abilities. Most frequently, they will create a product with the intention of addressing genuine issues while taking into account the needs, desires, and values of both themselves and other people. It entails studying:

Computer and non-computer based technology design, development, application, implementation, support, and management.

It teaches students how to take chances, be resourceful and creative, and comprehend how design and technology affect their daily lives and larger society. They can depict other subjects like math, art, physics, engineering, or computing in these lessons.

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Studying the science and technology that underpins agricultural ideas and practices is known as agricultural science. It lays an emphasis on the managed use of these resources and attempts to develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes that support the sustainability of agricultural resources. Agriculture-related plants and animals are examined, and research is done on a variety of topics including soil, ecology, plant and animal physiology, farm crops, farming methods, genetics, and microbiology.

Learners gain the knowledge, comprehension, abilities, and attitudes necessary for managing their own lives as well as for postsecondary and higher education and employment through home economics. Students’ flexibility and adaptability are developed through home economics learning experiences, which also educate them for a consumer-driven culture and lay the groundwork for a variety of jobs in the food, textile, scientific, design, social studies, and tourist industries. This curriculum, which is evaluated at Ordinary levels, is intended for pupils in the senior cycle of post-primary education.

How computers compute is the subject of computer studies. It is much more than computer programming, and it is not about knowing how to use a computer. The study of representations of processes and objects is known as computer studies. In addition to defining and analyzing issues, designing solutions, and creating, evaluating, and sustaining programs are all part of the process. For the purposes of this article, the term “computer studies” refers to the study of computer science, which includes the principles, designs of computer hardware and software, applications, and social effects of computer and algorithmic processes. The development of programming abilities, which are crucial for success in upcoming postsecondary studies, is the main focus of these courses.

Crucial Courses

A number of optional courses are offered to supplement these courses of study.

These crucial courses will improve students’ analytical and critical thinking abilities as well as their capacity for effective communication. Students will acquire a set of essential abilities that will help them succeed in all subject areas and prepare them for problems they may face in college and the career.

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