Individualised syllabus in basic education
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As a pupil in basic education, your child has the right to receive support for their learning. The aim is primarily to provide support measures to help pupils achieve the objectives of the general curriculum. Support measures include e.g. remedial education, part-time special-needs education and differentiation. If studying a certain subject is particularly difficult, specific focus areas can be d ...
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Contact your child’s teacher or the school’s special-needs teacher for more information on syllabus individualisation. The contact information is available in Wilma.
To whom and on what terms
A pedagogical assessement of the pupil's school work, including an analysis on the need for special support, must be carried out before a decision on the individualisation of the syllabus can be made. Individualisation is also based on a psychologist’s statement.
Individualising a syllabus is only possible when the pupil receives special-needs support.
Background information
A basic education syllabus may be individualised if a pupil does not have the capabilities for acceptably completing the basic education syllabus in the subject. The learning objectives must be suitable and sufficiently challenging for the pupil.
The individualisation of a syllabus is prescribed separately for each subject in a decision on special support . The decision on individualisation will be examined in each situation and modified if necessary.