It has also made public speaking a mandatory course from grade six to eight.
English is a mandatory course in all secondary schools.
Others argued that students should not be burdened with another mandatory course.
A student must gain an average of 80% in the additional mandatory courses to graduate with honours.
The only mandatory course to be studied in the senior years is English Advanced.
One proposal is to cut mandatory physical-education courses because so many students are exercising on their own.
Furthermore, the program is spread among 16 partially independent studios which offer all the mandatory courses.
In a similar vein, Latin is also a mandatory course for grade nine students.
In previous decades, there were many mandatory courses for the young to learn the skills of homemaking.
You can find yourself enrolled in a mandatory course of thought correction just to keep your job.