r=12127&c=2180076Professor Jim Scott provided the Committee with some statistics:
With respect to subject ‘choice columns’ within Senior Phase course choice structures:
• 193 schools offer ‘traditional’ S4-5-6 structures (with subject column patterns as follows: 8-5-5, 8-5-4; 7-5-5, 7-5-4, 7-5-3; 6-5-5, 6-5-4, 6-5-3) [with a total of 14 to 18 qualifications available to learners as a result of their S4-6 experience]
• 9 schools offer traditional S4-6 6-5-5 structures with an option for some learners to pursue a 6-6-6 structure [with a total of 16 to 18 qualifications available to learners]
• 22 schools offer a 6-6-6 structure in S4-6 [with a total of 18 qualifications available to learners]
• 7 schools offer some other pattern (e.g. 6-6-4, 6-5-6, 6-5-3, 5-6-6, 5-5-5) [with a total of 14-17 qualifications available to learners]
• 127 schools do not publish all of their S4-6 curricula and thus cannot be categorised