Aims:

• • To provide pupils with knowledge and practical skills for application in life within the home and community
• • To ensure that pupils will be capable of wise decision making in areas related to their personal resources.
• • To develop in pupils competence in making wise consumer decisions
• • To develop interest in the vocational aspects of the subject

 

Skills:

Pupils should be able:

• • To use a variety of methods to develop cognitive skill such as discovery – learning and problem solving
• • To demonstrate a range of practical skills
• • To obtain and retrieve information from various sources
• • To use certain effective skills such as creativity, imagination
• • To record information accurately
• • To interpret data

 

Syllabus Structure:

The syllabus structure consists of two sections:

• • A common course of five areas of study
• • One elective from a choice of three

 

The five areas of study include:

• • Food studies and Culinary Skills
• • Consumer Studies
• • Social and Health Studies
• • Resource Management and Home Studies
• • Textile Studies

 

One elective will be chosen from the following three:

• • Childcare
• • Design and Craftwork
• • Textile Skills

 

The syllabus is offered at two levels, Ordinary and Higher.

Assessment:

Assessment of pupils will consist of both practical and written examinations, at Ordinary and at Higher levels.