The aims of the junior secondary Technology and Living curriculum are to enable students to:
- develop a caring attitude to others by understanding their changing needs throughout their lives
- develop personal and communal values in determining priorities for choices
- foster an aesthetic sense and to stimulate ideas of creativity
- establish a positive attitude towards consumer’s rights and responsibilities and protection for consumers
- acquire the knowledge and to develop the skills required for organization and management of resources
- have an appreciation of social, cultural, economic and technological influences on family and community living