At its special meeting of 12 September 1997, the Heads of Education Departments Committee recommended the Draft Statement of the National Curriculum for Grades R-9 for Ministerial approval. It was referred to and approved by the Council of Education Ministers at its meeting of 29 September 1997 as three separate policy documents for the Foundation Phase, the Intermediate Phase and the Senior Phase.
At its meeting in June 2000, the Council of Education Ministers agreed that the Statement of the National Curriculum for Grades R-9 should be revised in accordance with the recommendations of the Report of the Review Committee (31 May 2000) to streamline and strengthen Curriculum 2005.
