Economics

Syllabus 2017

What is GCE A/L Economics?

Economics provides students with analytical frameworks to understand how societies allocate scarce resources among competing uses, covering microeconomic foundations and macroeconomic policies.

Below you'll find the official syllabus topics and free past papers for Economics.

Aims

  1. 1.Understand core economic principles, price mechanism, and market structures.
  2. 2.Analyze national income, fiscal policy, monetary policy, and international trade.
  3. 3.Evaluate economic growth, development challenges, and Sri Lankan economy.

Syllabus

#TopicPeriods
1Basic Concepts of Economics and Economic Systems30
2Price Theory: Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium70
3Elasticity and Government Market Intervention40
4Theory of Production and Cost of Production50
5Market Structures: Perfect and Imperfect Competition40
6National Accounting and Measurement of National Income60
7Macroeconomic Equilibrium and Aggregate Demand/Supply50
8Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy60
9Public Finance and Fiscal Policy50
10International Trade, Balance of Payments, and Exchange Rates60
11Economic Growth, Development and Sri Lankan Economy50

Source: National Institute of Education (NIE), Sri Lanka