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hazelpages on IELTS education vocabulary: are curriculum and syllabus the same?

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mintmosaic

If an essay is about what schools should teach, can 'curriculum' and 'syllabus' replace each other? An example where one fits better would help.

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hazelpages

For example, 'Schools should teach students how to compare loan costs.' Is that clearer than only saying they should improve the curriculum?

clearspark

Yes, it names the change. You'd still need to explain why that skill matters for the essay's argument, but the reader can now see what you're proposing.
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