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Education Act 1990
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#### 14 Syllabuses
14 Syllabuses
> > (1) The Authority may, for the purposes of this Part, develop syllabuses for courses of study or endorse syllabuses developed by schools or other educational bodies.
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> > (2) The Minister may approve particular syllabuses developed by the Authority and may give a general approval for syllabuses endorsed by the Authority.
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> > (3) Any syllabus developed or endorsed by the Authority for a particular course of study is to indicate the aims, objectives and desired outcomes in terms of knowledge and skills that should be acquired by children at various levels of achievement by the end of specified stages in the course, and any practical experience that children should acquire by the end of any such stage.
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> > (4) Any syllabus developed or endorsed by the Authority for a particular course of study may indicate generally the period of time that should be allocated to the teaching of the course, but is not to make a specific period of time mandatory.