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- ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION
- AGE OF ADMISSION
- Age 6
- LENGTH
- Six years
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- PROGRAMME OF STUDY
- Curriculum for elementary education for
boys
- Subject
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- Number of weekly periods per
grade*
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- I
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- II
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- III
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- IV
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- V
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- VI
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- Religious Education
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- 9
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- 9
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- 9
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- 9
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- 9
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- 9
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- Arabic language
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- 11
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- 9
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- 9
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- 9
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- 8
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- 8
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- Social Studies: Geography and
History
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- 2
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- 2
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- 2
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- Mathematics
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- 3
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- 4
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- 4
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- 5
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- 5
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- 5
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- Science and Health Education
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- 1
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- 2
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- 2
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- 2
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- 3
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- 3
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- Arts and Crafts
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- 1
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- 2
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- 2
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- Physical Education
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- 3
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- 2
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- 2
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- 2
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- 2
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- 2
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- Total weekly periods
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- 28
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- 28
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- 28
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- 30
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- 30
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- 30
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- Note: Girls’ schools apply the same
curricula as boys’ schools, with some minor modifications which suit
the girls’ sphere and match their role in society. Physical education
is replaced by coursework in women’s and art education.
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- * "Number of weekly periods per
grade" refers to the weekly teaching hours per subject per year.
A period means an hour of instruction time in a subject.
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- ASSESSMENT AND PROMOTION
- Students are promoted from one grade to
the next is the pass examinations offered at the end of each one of the
semesters. Students who
pass the examination at the end of grade VI are awarded the Elementary
Education Certificate, which qualifies the student for study at the
intermediate level.
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- GRADING SCALE
- Percentile
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- Description
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- WES Equivalency
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- 85 – 100
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- Excellent
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- A
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- 75 – 84
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- Very Good
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- B+
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- 65 – 74
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- Good
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- B
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- 50 – 64
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- Fair
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- C
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- 0 – 50
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- Fail
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- F
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Revised: May 06, 2004
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