Basic School Curriculum, Detailed Programme: Year 2

Detailed program by objectives for the five core subjects taught in year 2 of the école fondamentale: Creole, French, mathematics, social sciences and experimental sciences. The foreword states that it replaces every earlier program used in the country's schools, and sets out the aims of Haitian education, including free schooling, state guarantee of education and universal schooling by 2004. A study plan gives weekly and annual hours per subject over a 30-week year. Each subject opens with a foreword and a table of themes, general and specific objectives, content and suggested activities. The French section treats French as a second language taught by a communicative method. It notes that written French begins only in year 2, with themes on oral communication, reading, written production, spelling and vocabulary.