The guiding principles of the Mathematics syllabus direct that Mathematics as taught in Caribbean schools should be:

• relevant to the existing and anticipated needs of Caribbean society;
• related to the ability and interest of Caribbean students;
• aligned to the philosophy of the educational system.

These principles focus attention on the use of Mathematics as a problem solving tool, as well as on some of the functional concepts which help to unify Mathematics as a body of knowledge. The syllabus explains general and unifying concepts that facilitate the study of Mathematics as a coherent rather than as a set of unrelated topics.

The syllabus aims to:

• Help students acquire a range of mathematical techniques and skills and to foster and maintain the awareness of the importance of accuracy;
• Make Mathematics relevant to the interest and experience of students, helping them to recognize Mathematics in their environment;
• Cultivate the ability to apply mathematical knowledge to the solution of problems which are meaningful to students as citizens;
• Help students cultivate the ability to think logically and critically;
• Help students develop positive attitudes such as open-mindedness, self-reliance, persistence and a spirit of enquiry;
• Prepare students for the use of Mathematics in further studies;
• Help students develop an appreciation of the wide application of Mathematics and its influence in the advancement of civilization;
• Help students become increasingly aware of the unifying structure of Mathematics.

The syllabus consists of the following modules:

• Sets
• Relations, Functions and Graphs
• Computation
• Number Theory
• Measurement
• Consumer Arithmetic
• Statistics
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Trigonometry
• Vectors and Matrices