Subjects Offered
JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM (UPPER BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM) BASIC 7 – 9
CORE COMPULSORY SUBJECTS | ELECTIVE SUBJECTS |
English Language | Agricultural Science |
One Major Nigerian Language (Igbo/Yoruba/Hausa) | Home Economics |
Mathematics | Business Studies |
Basic Science | |
Social Studies | |
Civic Education | |
Cultural & Creative Arts (CCA) | |
Christian Religious Studies | |
Physical & Health Education | |
French Language | |
Basic Technology | |
Computer Studies (ICT) | |
Basic Science |
Each student is exposed to all these subjects in Basic 7 and 8. In Basic 9, a student is expected to offer all core subjects and at least one elective.
SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
GROUP A | GROUP B | GROUP C |
CORE SUBJECTS | HUMANITIES/BUSINESS STUDIES | SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS / TECHNOLOGY |
English language | Yoruba Language | Physics |
Mathematics | Igbo Language | Chemistry |
Civic Education | French Language | Biology |
ICT/Computer Studies | Geography | Agricultural Science |
Trade/Entrepreneurship (a) Auto-Mechanics (b) Catering Craft (c) Clothing & Textile (d) Dyeing & Bleaching |
Christian Religious Knowledge | Further Mathematics |
French Language | Visual Arts | Technical Drawing |
Music | Foods & Nutrition | |
Financial Accounting | ||
Commerce | ||
Literature-in-English | ||
Economics | ||
Government |
Every student should choose a minimum number of ten and a maximum number of thirteen subjects in SS1.
Each student will be required to take three or four subjects from either Group B or C.
All students are expected to choose Economics while Government is compulsory for Group B students.
French Language is compulsory for all SS 1 students. In SS 3, a student should have a minimum of nine subjects and a maximum of ten subjects to offer in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination.