South Sudan Secondary 2 Curriculum - Commerce

The South Sudan Secondary 2 Commerce curriculum focuses on practical, work-related skills and knowledge relevant to the commerce sector. It aims to prepare students for both employment and further education in fields like Accountancy or Business Studies. The curriculum includes both academic and vocational subjects. Academic subjects like English, Math, Religious Education, and Citizenship are compulsory, along with three other academic electives chosen to complement the vocational program.

Commerce Course Content

• Markets: This module introduces the concept of markets and their different types (perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly). Students learn to assess the advantages and disadvantages of each market type and investigate market structures in South Sudan.
• Money: This module covers the development of money, its functions within an economy, and different types of money and their uses. Students also investigate the types of money used in South Sudan.
• Management: This module introduces the key functions and principles of management within an organization. Students learn about management roles, levels, and the work of influential management theorists. They also study the principles and skills of management, including leadership, delegation, and motivation.
• Financial Accounting: This module builds upon the Secondary 1 introduction to financial accounting. Students learn about trial balances, cash books, bank reconciliation statements, and preparing final accounts.

Additional Topics Covered in Other Commerce Modules (Not Specifically Secondary 2):

• Costing: Covers topics such as introduction to costing, classification of costs, manufacturing firms, and remuneration methods.
• Economics: Includes topics such as transport and communication, capital movement, customs and custom duty, insurance, inflation, supply and demand, international trade, chambers of commerce, and the world's economic systems.
• Financial Mathematics: Covers topics such as simple interest and amount, compound interest and present value, equations of value, fixed installment schedules, amortization of equal payments, depreciation, issued shares, and bonds.
• Short Programmes: Includes Office Practice (introduction, mail and correspondence, advertising, office equipment), Taxation (introduction to taxation, ways of collecting taxes, classification of tax, business profit tax, tax rate, incidence of tax, local taxes, components of tax), and Government Accounts (introduction, government budgets, elements of expenditure within a budget, miscellaneous accounts, financial forms and revenue collection procedures, payment procedures, government revenue).

This information is based on the available document and may not be exhaustive. Additional details about specific learning outcomes, elements, learning strategies, and assessments for each module can be found within the linked document.