9.1 This section sets out a new policy for the delivery of the Upper Secondary Curriculum in Cambodia within the framework provided by the Education for All National Plan 2003 - 2015. It sets out the aims and structure of the curriculum for Grades 10 - 12, including hours of instruction.

9.2 The detailed content of the curriculum will be set out in the new Upper Secondary Curriculum documents.

9.3 The purpose of the Upper Secondary school curriculum is not only to expand and consolidate students' knowledge from the basic education but also to provide them opportunity for future orientation, that is, to have capacity to continue their studies at higher education or to specialize their studies or to participate in social life by ensuring that students have acquired:

• advanced knowledge of Khmer literature and mathematics;
• deep knowledge of the national identity;
• a more complex understand of morality and civic responsibilities;
• the everyday life skills that enable participation in their local community life and Cambodian society.
• a broad understanding of the natural world and of scientific principles;
• high communicative competence in a Foreign Language.

9.4 In Grades 10 - 12, the teaching time is 50 minutes per period as indicated in the below sections.