The MIL curriculum and competency framework should be interpreted in light of the specific contexts in which the package will be used. In this sense, it is a flexible tool that can be adapted to different country contexts. Basically, the curriculum framework explains a structure for developing a programme of study about media and information literacy and through various levels of engagement with media and information channels. The competencies identify the knowledge, skills and attitude that the curriculum is expected to develop.

Generally, the MIL curriculum included in this package aims to help teachers explore and understand MIL by addressing the following:

• The functions of media and other information providers, how they operate, and what optimal conditions are needed to effectively perform these functions.
• How information presented should be critically evaluated within the specific and broad context of its production.
• The concept of editorial independence and journalism as a discipline of verification.
• How media and other information providers could contribute rationally to promote fundamental freedoms and lifelong learning, especially as they relate to how and why young people are accessing and using media and information today, and how they select and evaluate them.
• Media ethics and info-ethics.
• The capacities, rights and responsibilities of individuals in relation to media and information.
• International standards (Universal Declaration of Human Rights), freedom of information, constitutional guarantees on freedom of expression, limitations needed to prevent infringements of other people’s rights (such as hate speech, defamation and privacy).
• What is expected from media and other information providers (pluralism and diversity as a norm).
• Information sources and systems of storage and organization.
• Processes of access, enquiry, determination of information needs.
• Location and retrieval tools.
• How to understand, organize, and assess information, including source reliability.
• The creation and presentation of information in variety of formats.
• The preservation, storage, reuse, recording, archiving and presentation of information in usable formats.
• The use of information for problem-solving or decision-making in personal, economic, social and political life. Although extremely important, this item represents an extension of MIL that is mostly beyond the scope of this curriculum.