The curriculum framework however provides for some flexibility in the syllabus, so that subjects such as religious education can be taught.

The new curriculum framework gives students more choice of subjects to choose from and enables more permutations of subject combinations.

Among the first changes to be adopted in 2001 were the new curriculum framework and changes in the organization of educational system.

Units of instruction are titrated to students within and across all school grades, providing a vertically articulated curriculum framework that scaffolds learning skills and subject test knowledge.