Mathematics O'level

The study area SEC Mathematics is informed by the National Curriculum Framework (NCF). GSCE Mathematics is informed by Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).

Mathematics is a body of knowledge – a product that consists of a series of rich, interconnected conceptual structures made up of facts, techniques & skills, as well as concepts. At secondary school level, these structures are built around a small set of fundamental notions and their properties: numbers; constants, variables, and functions; twodimensional and three dimensional shapes, and measures of physical quantities; data, and measures of the likelihood of events 

Mathematics is also a way of thinking and a mode of enquiry – a creative process which helps us to discover and understand the world of mathematics and the relationships between the mathematical objects that inhabit this world. 

Finally, mathematics is a unique, rich, concise, precise, unambiguous, and universal language whose specialist vocabulary, symbolism, syntax, and semantics allows us to communicate ideas that cannot easily be communicated through other means. Moreover, as an internationally understood means of communication that goes beyond linguistic, cultural, and social barriers it enables us to share our ideas and understanding with others across time and space.

At the end of the programme, the student will be able to demonstrate an understanding of: 

• The structure of the number system and the relationship between numbers
• A variety of calculation procedures (mental methods, pen and paper methods, and assistive technology methods) and associated skills
• Patterns, sequences, algebraic expressions, formulae, equations and inequalities
• Graphical representations of algebraic functions
• Forms of measurement dealing with angles, length, area, volume, capacity, mass and time
• The properties of lines, segments, parallel lines, perpendicular lines, transversals, angles, 2D and 3D shapes
• The construction of angles, lines, triangles, circles, others polygons and loci in 2D
• Position and movement of shapes in a plane
• Measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion and graphical representation of data
• The probabilities associated with certain, uncertain and impossible events.