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What is the purpose of curriculum?
Its purpose is to simplify and strengthen the development and implementation of the qualification development and implementation. It specifies the inputs required in relation to the occupational profile, will be used as the basis for accreditation of providers and approval of workplaces for the work experience.
It will also ensure that commonalities across qualifications are recognized and so providers will no long have to be accredited for every single unit standards in each qualification they contribute to.
The curriculum will also provide guidance to the various role players on:
- Access requirements
- Linkages to other related occupations
- Articulation with other learning pathways such as vocational qualifications obtained in education institutions
- Content (scope and depth)
- Learning activities
- Development of learning materials and lesson plans
- Assessment requirements
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