WAEC/SSCE subjects classification in Nigeria

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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has made major adjustments to the departmental subject classifications for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)

 NEW DEPARTMENTAL CLASSIFICATIONS

1. ART Department  now to be known and called HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT 

2. COMMERCIAL Department now  to be known and  called BUSINESS DEPARTMENT

 3.SCIENCE Department  Retains its name and still to be known and called SCIENCE DEPARTMENT.

SUBJECT SELECTION STRUCTURE

Students must now choose subjects under one of the following three programmes:

1 SCIENCES

2.HUMANITIES (formerly Art)

3.BUSINESS (formerly Commercial/Social Science)

Each student must select 6 elective subjects and 3 compulsory subjects.

AVAILABLE EXAMINATION SUBJECTS

SCIENCES

1. Geography2

.2.Further Mathematics

3 Agricultural Science

4. Biology

5. Chemistry

6. Health Education

7. Physical Education

8. Physics

9. Livestock Farming

10. Technical Drawing

11. Computer Hardware and GSM Repairs

12. Foods and Nutrition

13. Beauty and Cosmetology

 HUMANITIES (Formerly Art)

1. Christian Religious Studies

2. Government

3. Nigerian History

4. Islamic Studies

5. Literature in English

6. Arabic

7. Hausa Language

8. Igbo Language

9. Yoruba Language

10. Edo

11. Efik

12. Ibibio

13. Livestock Farming

BUSINESS (Formerly Commercial)

1. Commerce

2. Accounting

3. Marketing

4. Economics

5. Livestock Farming

6. Computer Hardware and GSM Repairs

7. Beauty and Cosmetology

8. Fashion Design and Garment Making

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS FOR ALL STUDENTS

1.Citizenship and Heritage Studies (formerly Civic Education)

2.English Language

3.General Mathematics


 Students are strongly advised to take note of these updates and make  appropriate subject selections relative to their choice of career and institution of study requirements during registration to avoid future complications.

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