The GED program consists out of 4 main subjects, each with their respective subtopics much the same as with the CAPS syllabus i.e.: In CAPS Social Sciences consists out of 2 subjects namely History and Geography, with the GED program the main subjects are structured in much the same way.
The 4 main GED subjects with their subtopics are as follow:
- Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) | GED English
- Reading for Meaning
- Identifying and Creating Arguments
- Grammar and Language
- Social Studies
- Civics and government (50%)
- United States history (20%)
- Economics (15%)
- Geography and the world (15%)
- Sciences
- Life science (40%)
- Physical science (40%)
- Earth and space science (20%)
- Mathematical Reasoning
- Quantitative problem solving (45%)
- Algebraic problem solving (55%)
All subjects are presented in English.