Curriculum Development and Technical Services

Box MP 133
Mt Pleasant
Harare

8 May 2017

Rationalisation of suggested Time Allocation for Infant, Junior and Secondary

Syllabuses.
Reference is made on the above item. Please find attached:
-Suggested time allocation to Infant, Junior and Secondary Syllabuses.

TIME ALLOCATION
LEVEL LEARNING AREA RECOMMENDED PERIODS AND
TIME ALLOCATION PER WEEK
1 Visual and Performing Arts ECD= 5 x 15 minutes Infants lessons
Grade 1 and 2 = 5 x 20 minutes vary from 15 –
2 Physical Education ECD= 5 x 15 minutes 20 minutes
Grade 1 and 2 = 5 x 20 minutes
Infant

3 Mass Display ECD= 5 x 15 minutes

Grade 1 and 2 = 5 x 20 minutes
4 Mathematics and Science ECD= 8 x 1hr 40 minutes
Grade 1 and 2 = 8 x 2hr 30mins
5 Family and Heritage Studies ECD= 3 x 15 minutes
Grade 1 and 2 = 3 x 20 minutes
6 Information and Communication Technology ECD A= 2 x 15 mins, B= 2 x 20 mins
Grade 1 and 2 = 3 x 20 minutes
7 English Language ECD= 6 x 15 minutes
Grade 1 and 2 = 6 x 20 minutes
8 Indigenous Language ECD= 6 x 15 minutes
-Shona -Ndebele Grade 1 and 2 = 6 x 20 minutes
-Xangani -Tshvenda
-Sotho -Kalanga
-Barwe -Chewa
-Nambya -Tonga
-Ndau -Khoisan
 1 Visual and Performing Arts 4 x 30 minutes Junior lessons
vary from 25 –
2 Physical Education, Sport and Mass Displays 5 x 30 minutes 30 minutes

3 Family, Religion and Moral Education 4 x 30 minutes

Junior

4 Mathematics 6 x 30 minutes

5 Science and Technology 5 x 30 minutes

6 Agriculture 4 x 30 minutes

7 Indigenous Language 8 x 30 minutes

-Shona -Ndebele
-Xangani -Tshvenda
-Sotho -Kalanga
-Barwe -Chewa
-Nambya -Tonga
-Ndau -Khoisan
8 English Language 8 x 30 minutes

9 Information and Communication Technology 2 x 30 minutes

10 Heritage – Social Studies 3 x 30 minutes

11 Foreign Languages 3 x 30 minutes

12 Life Skills Orientation Programme (LOP)

NB Life Skills Orientation Programme (LOP)- post Junior, post-Secondary Form 4 and post
Form 6 is a single syllabus document.

TOTALS

Infants 8 Syllabi

Junior 11 Syllabi

Secondary form 1 - 4 40 Syllabus

Secondary Form 5 - 6 45 Syllabi

LOP 1 Syllabus

TOTAL 105 Syllabi