G.C.E. (Advanced Level) Information and Communication Technology Syllabus (Revised) Grades 12 and 13 (For G.C.E. (A/L) Examination to be held in 2015 onwards) Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, National Institute of Education, Maharagama,10 Introduction Information and Communication Technology has been dentfed worldwide as a too! that can be used to improve productivity, ceficiency and effectiveness of organizational work and the dally activites of individuals. Therefore, providing an adequate level OF ICT knowledge and skils, at diferent levels of education, is important for the students to progress and contibute towards national development, ‘The current Sri Lankan Secondary Education System has been substantially exposed to ICT through various programmes Including CAL, ICT for GCE (O/L) and GIT at grade 12. Consequentiy, students have shown a growing interest in ICT education ‘and some have, in fact. performed excellent at international competitions in ICT, proving ther high lave of competence [At present there is no main subject area under ICT for GCE (AVI), ‘Therefore, GCE (O/L) qualified students, intrested in Bawbacks of manual methods h ‘technology to create, ‘maniplating data ad infomation in bulk tissominte and menage ‘Slonness Sate and inormation *Unvesabay Snaoouracy © Emergence of T ers a Realizing te importance of Infomation n day fe 1 Avalbity of electronic and ‘ther teemnoogine ©. 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Procres management 2 Mali programming systems + _Timesharing systems Processor utzation Procass states Process schedutng |Competency ‘Competency level, Content ‘3 Eipleea haw an OS manages | Memory managersaal ‘memory and Input & cup Memory allocstion ‘persons computers “+ Swapping, fragmentation and ‘compaction Garbage colaton 1 Protecing processes 2 Vitual memory + Paging, Mapeing © op output device mansgement Managing events 12 Hardwave software inerecton Devoe divers ‘Gampataney Ta” Uses probem-saig © Understand te problem process ‘2 Detne the problem, Define boundaries Uses Programming © Plan solution. Languages to rogram ‘8 Check sli computers to solve _ —_ problems. [72 Uses Top-domiSiopise ‘© Wesuiazaton and Mash ups referent methodology © “Top down design and stepwise cole ‘refinement ‘robes (© Structure charts 73 Uses aigaribme apraaciie | > Agathe solve problems. © Flow charts | © Pout codes Hand woceswe Competency Competency level, Content Periods 74 Examines tha process af > Sour program oF rogram rastaton and © Object program ‘executlon and uses translators | ¢. 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ToP, UDP, IOMP + FIP, SMTP, FOP, PPP, Telnet 5Competency lvel Content Periods ‘8.17 Explore he asic ps of Cent Server computing 2 Proxy sees, ‘ication servers eee ONS servers + HOP servers + Leased ines, ISPs, Gateways {EF pores the adrossing ‘Use of Phycal adress and Logi co schemes used In networks, ‘ress © IPadsressng (Pod) oO Network asses 1 Case A Cass B, Cass ¢ + Subnets ‘+ Subset masks ™we Competency levet B18 Eagles the sirutre and {echreiogy ofthe Internat and Werid Wide Web and tei" seniees, 2 The erat 9 Network of networks + Hosts, ISPs, Backtano, Bendwietn 5 "Coverage and estos + Packet transmission, sithing ‘and routing Cookies + _IntenetEnginoering Task The World Wide Web 2) ETTP and Hyper media “Technological Perspective Web browsers Noweroups, Prtls, Blogs, = Wrls Wide Web Consortum wae) 05 2sCompetency level ‘Sia Elees he winorabos and possible ests & attacks to ‘emputer networks. Tampering Repuditon Information disclosure ‘Dena of sence ‘Beaton of prifege rising Port sean i ‘ackers and rockers Espionage Eavesdroping Man in te mie tics IP secsion tacking Malware Viruses, Worms, Hox, “Trojan, Spars and Spyware ‘E78 Secure networe ane “formation fem tack o ‘afl and seat operation, “Sr PRES Sarky measures Invreddion to setae anablea secunty 0 Enorypio communication 2 Pune key and dita Sonate anti swore 53 Competency Competency level Content Poviods | ‘Competaney ‘3:7 Carnparea and canta © tabate Syms si % ferent typos of databace |” + Fate system Designs and develops ‘modo n ens of tee Hierarchies del | atabase sytoms ‘atures. | Network Nadel ‘manage data efcenty Relational Model and efectvel. Object Retaonal Made: ‘2 Detabase Systems vs Flo Sytoms ‘32 uskates the man © Reions/Tables % ‘components of te elation Atomic constraints atabase mode key Constants ‘Actes by Content Constants © AdtioutesiCotumns ‘93 Aaalyzes the ma ° % ‘components ofa databose ‘stem ‘Basins the concaptual 3 6 schoma fe daiabate, nCompetency ‘Competency lovel Periods BB Designs ths fgical schema ‘saatabace. ‘Exy Tanefomaton ‘Aitibute Tanetormaton Relationship Transformation Furconal dependences ‘Partial dependency * _Transiive dopendoncy Modsieaion Abnormalities |W Use Sictired Quany Language (GOL) fo cto ‘and manage data ins @ 2we Competency ‘Competency level 38 Uses SOL to manipulate data ina databace "0-1 Bipires ere ypes Competancy 10: ob pages avalable the ab to get soquaited with Develops websites thai content and structure Incorporatig mult ‘media tactologis. 02 Analyzos th suture ard {he compostion of websos foorganize pages and content TS Uses HTL w Beat We ogee. © Insert besic objects toa web page 2" “Text, rapes, Audion, Animation »Competency ‘Competency level content Periods “a Uses advanced features |» Organize cbjects wang advanced 06 HIMLto enhance web features p pages. Creat Lists, Tables Frames, ‘ad Formats Linking mutple web contents + Tags. Pages, Multimedia Sbjects TOS Uses. veualwab auhoing | 6 Tiveduaton to DE te {eal to develop web pages. © Insert basi objects toa web page © Linking multiple web contents © Organize objects using advanced features + tmage Maps, Countess, Foms, css OR Publahes and maiiane wab |= LocalPubishing w shes © leranet Publishing © Connecting tothe Web Provider | © Pubsng web pages on web servor © Factee afening website performance © Inlet and WWW etandarézaton Seiten Conapetandy TH Eapites Gharacotaice of | Syetome concert @ systems ‘2 Chstiation a systems Explores the systems wo Natural ystons ‘concept and uses + ving sn physica Sruurod System Syste Analyse and Besign + an made sytems Metrosolegy (SSADM) |a Competency Competency love Tm developing Information Systems, T12 Compares ad eontasia ciferent ypes of manmade, ‘ysis interns of her objectives and unctonaly, a Geni matin Syston a Seen 6. Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (Res) © Expert Systems © Embedded Systems 31competency 2 SSADT Bs ©, Phates ofthe Systm Development lire Gye i Tiwesigaion te road iors ‘ew information system anc ‘ses. 7 Tn esigaon w renting Be problems nthe cana tara slit sages eltons 2 brat oman Systeme ness @ Fens Sty een Eeononcal andy Operational easy 1 Gigonzatont entity 2Competency level Periods TIS Uses wild methods te 05 ‘analyze the current system. "TT Designs te propoeee w system, | | THE Dovelops and tts 5 proposed sytem 3B‘competency Competency ovel Contant Periods 719 inpierenis the dveoned omarion system. earl q *Dlect + Bit «Phase Review, Support and Maintenance Competoney TR Eipiores he wie a 1CTin he | 0 Digs economy % ‘word of busines 2 New bisiess methods ‘Explores appcabily of ial economy ICT totodeys business + Reverse Auctions ckganzations andthe + Group purchasing ‘competive + eManotpace merece, ©, Pure bck, brick andcick, end pure ‘ck organizations (© Busressfuncions and he oe of TT ‘Accounting and IT Human Resource and IT Production and iT Marking & sales ana ‘Supply chain management and ‘Buxiness communication and FnCompetency Competency tevel EZ Aralveos tie rltonship petween ICT and business operations. Content © eComimeras and eBusiness Tha scope of eCommerce and e-business aoe types of eBusiness ‘ransactons 1. B2B, B2C, C20, C28, B2E, © e-Business Vitus Storefronts Infomation Brokers + Onine Narketpace + Contant Provider + Ontine Service Provider Portal + Vitual Community © Advantoges and eisadvantages of e- Business TES Anahyees the Trmeane oF ‘generating nd delivering an ‘reroved prodols and ‘ene to consumers 2 ehlarkaing " Phlosophy of marketing + Web advertising + Use ef nformation technology Database markating + Pradrsng cstomer behaviour ‘wth A tools and echniquce Gaining competive ‘advantages through TT 35Competency Competency level + Content Compataney 15: | 3-4 Eilon naw tends and © Thicligest and emctonal eompang oF future dections © Artifical Itigence Explores new tends computing, © Kansai systers . snd ture eects of © Marmachine coestonco ier. 152 Expires tie tondamanials | > Software Aeris oF 2d apploabons of Agent (2 MuB-Agent syatome Technoiogy.. © Aoplicaions of Agent ystems 153 Bipires te fundamentals | —o- Evelitonaiy computing oF snd major applications cf © Computing in iolegcleyets Evoluttonary computing © Fundamentals of Genetic gorithms | _& Aevleaton of weeny conpetra 18a Cipites the ancapt of © _Ubiaioas cmpug oF [Ubiqutous computing © Technologies for ubautous computing | © Popeater of gues camping 155 Analyze te axing models |e Bayon von Neumann computer oF of computing and propose | & Natura inspec computing newmedes. |S Fundam! Ouentom Computing | © opleatons 36we Competency Competency fave, Content Periods ‘Competoney Ta "TET Conducts pie Phase - ‘Oho pariod par designing Intomaton | | wool tora | Designs and systems, Defiriton of information Systems ‘duration of one | Implements snl year | Infomation Systm as Guide tines the Project. 4. Projet formulation incliing na ‘arlngituty isousion with teacher to Ceci cn the preeck | 2: Prototype Design and Implementation | 3, Demonetation and Presentation ding | the Second Semester (Grading) | igi demonstates the Information Syste. 1. Fl iperntsin Ge Projet ‘Approved in Phase | 2! Presentation and Demonstration ”‘40. Leaming Teaching process Information and Communizatin Technology i not ony a dynamic subject, is leo & ving subject. Wis necessary to update one's nowladg in oder to be set othe atest frings inthis rea. ICT has akan such an Inporant pbston thatthe percentage of iteracy in CT has come tobe regarded ae an index of develonment Iie exsentia tha the proposed mathod of teaching should be studentcenred “as this subjects essemalyprectoe-rlented. In viw ofthe fac tha thie ls an esconallyeraccaleubjoc itis via that a tudent e Involved in se study apart frm te doy today leaming-teeching process inorder to ensure that subject mater esmed is fmly grasped. ‘Tere Is need for spacial attanton fo be pal othe encouragement ofthe student for sotudy. Furter, ust ab much as knowedge, catiudes and eile, 8 wel as soca value, loa! consis related to the subject carry wih them the imperatives of @ sense ard spint of eldscipine, iis essential that the loaning leaching evaluation process isso orgarizad a o highlight the inpertance of compere. “Te global trend in present day education ft introduce competency-based cucu, whi promote collaborative leaming trough student centred actives whore leaning predominates teaching. tis intended forthe students fo atively partipate inact, which enhance {he development of idvdual soil and mental kil. The fling aspects ere emphasized 1. Ihe advieod to cover he contant through SE-model ects es fr as possible, 2, Alo the students to acquire hands on experience though elected acto, 3. Dict students te eoquls knowledge and information tough rable sowes wherever necessary. 3‘50. Schoo! Policies and Programmes needs to be noted at the onset, thatthe success of the classroom learning teaching process has an immense bearing on the afectve ‘sctuaeation ofthe expected aims ofthe subject Inrmation and Communication Technology. Therefor, iis moran thatthe schoo! oly and programs ae organized n keping wih thet expectations. ts importac, nthe schievernen ofthe alms of this subject hat he novelty of tho subject and the consequent paul of knowledge regarding his subject in student, shouldbe taken ito consideration, ‘The number of periods avaiable for this subject 30 per year. However, the numberof pris In this revised sys e441 fo the bath ‘cademic years and this includes pracica! sessions forthe appropiate competency levels, Apa fm the above, 30 petodsarw set spat, ‘spread throughout the year, forthe Project in Grade 13, Pracical sesions are 69 important, as student shoul know how o apply what they have leant and experienced throughout tis leering actives. In oder to aoqure a main competency as Included in the syllabus students are required to practice some graded exercises {olowed by one or more cea word appcaions, ‘Students have to maintain an activity logbook fo recerd ther stv done cung this practical sesslon and shoul be presented tothe ‘eacherin charge lo marian ts conectnes and consistency ‘The inca project o be assigned in Grade 18 shoud be implemented ouside normal lastoor sessions. Thirty periods, howev be devoted for teacher ed dstussons plus practical at diferent slages ofthe projec. For the siscess of this ality, which comprises only individual practical works, arrangement wil have to be made fr the students to se the compuerlaboratcry even uli the timetated sessions 396.0 Assesoment and Evaluation It is intended to implement this sylabus in schools with the School Based Assessment (SHA) process. Teachers will prepare creative teaching Yearning instruments onthe basis of school terms “The dea togeter wth the format and the nature of questions wil be intosuced by ihe Deparment of Examinations. 0