The statement in the National Curriculum Board's fourth principle that limiting the initial scope of national curriculum to only four subjects 'is relatively unproblematic for secondary school' has been criticised as 'naïve' because:
A) curriculum in four new subjects is too many new subjects for teachers to implement at the same time.
B) many secondary teachers disagree with the choice of English, Mathematics, Science and History as the first subjects to be developed.
C) one of the four subjects is History which has not been taught in lower secondary classes in most states.
D) secondary schools do not have the funding to professionally develop teachers to implement the new curriculum.

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The statement in the National Curriculum Board's fourth principle that limiting the initial scope of national curriculum to only four subjects 'is relatively unproblematic for secondary school' has been criticised as 'naïve' because one of the four subjects is History which has not been taught in lower secondary classes in most states. The lack of prior teaching of History in lower secondary classes would make it more challenging for teachers to implement the new curriculum.

The Statement in the National Curriculum Board's Fourth Principle That