WAEC with Her New Syllabus: Introducing 39 New Subjects

Included on the new subjects list are subjects like Plumbing and Fitting, Photography, Salesmanship, Upholstery, Painting and Interior decoration and the list goes on. The West African Examination Council, WAEC made this courageous move and left us thinking, what is the purpose for all these?

Of the 39 subjects, four of them, Computer Studies, Insurance, Store Management & Office Practice would serve as electives while the remaining 35 are for Trade-related courses.

Revealing this, the Council’s Acting Head, Test Development Division, Mrs. Olayinka Ajibade said the recent introductions were in line with the Nigerian Education Research & Development Council’s new secondary school curriculum.

Ajibade said the new syllabus would take effect from this year's May/June WASSCE Examinations and students would be required to take four core subjects which would include English Language, General Mathematics, Civic Education and Trade/ Entrepreneurial Studies.

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