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Tuesday, 11 Oct 2016

New Malay Stage 6 syllabus and examination specifications

BOSTES 36/16

Who needs to read this notice:
Principals
Curriculum co-ordinators
Year advisers
HSC co-ordinators
HSC markers
Head Teachers, Languages
Malay Teachers

The syllabus and examination specifications for the Malay Background Stage 6 course have been amended.

Implementation of the new syllabus and specifications will commence for the 2017 HSC.

Key features of the amendments include:

• Greater flexibility to the order in which the contemporary issues can be taught
• Greater flexibility in the choice of related texts
• Closer alignment with other NSW Background Speaker courses.

The syllabus and examination specifications for the Malay Background Stage 6 course are available to download from the BOSTES website.

For more information contact:
Howard Jacobs
Inspector, Languages
howard.jacobs@bos.nsw.edu.au
@LanguagesBOSTES
(02) 9367 8152