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Nigeria · West Africa 🇳🇬WAEC WASSCE — English Language, Mathematics and 16 elective subjects, each with its own Beginner–Advanced track.
📏 WAEC grades A1–F9. A credit (C6 or better) in five subjects — including English Language and Mathematics — is the standard university entry requirement.
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Beginner
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No prior knowledge assumed — the basic vocabulary and concepts of Government as WAEC/JAMB test them.
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Basis of Government: Why States Need Government
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Elements of a State
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Sovereignty: Meaning and Types
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The Constitution: Meaning and Types
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The Rule of Law: Principles and Importance
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Intermediate
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The arms of government, separation of powers and systems of government — the structural core of the Government syllabus.
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The Executive: Composition and Functions
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The Legislature: Composition, Types and Functions
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The Judiciary: Composition and Functions
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Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
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Political parties, elections, local government and international organisations — the applied, scenario-based Government content tested at the highest level.
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- Meaning and scope of government (government as an institution, process and academic study)Definition and Scope of Government →Sovereignty: Meaning and Types →
- Basic concepts: power, authority, legitimacy, influence and sovereigntySovereignty: Meaning and Types →
- Basic concepts: political socialisation, political culture and political participationPractise →
- Basic concepts: democracy, rule of law, separation of powers, checks and balancesThe Rule of Law: Principles and Importance →Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances →
- Basic concepts: centralisation, decentralisation, delegated legislation, devolution, deconcentrationPractise →
- Political ideologies (communalism, feudalism, capitalism, socialism, communism, fascism, totalitarianism)Practise →
- Forms of government (monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, republic; presidential and parliamentary systems)Practise →
- State structure: unitary, federal and confederal systemsBasis of Government: Why States Need Government →Elements of a State →
- Constitutions (meaning, sources, types, features)Sovereignty: Meaning and Types →The Constitution: Meaning and Types →
- Organs of government: legislature (types, functions, legislative process)The Legislature: Composition, Types and Functions →
- Organs of government: executive and judiciary (functions, independence of the judiciary)The Executive: Composition and Functions →The Judiciary: Composition and Functions →
- Citizenship (acquisition, rights, duties and obligations of citizens)Fundamental Human Rights: Types and Limitations →
- Political parties and party systemsPolitical Parties: Functions and Party Systems →
- Pressure groups, public opinion and the mass mediaPractise →
- Electoral systems, processes and electoral management bodies (franchise, types of elections, INEC)The Electoral Process and Electoral Systems →
- Public/civil service administration (structure, functions, public corporations, control)Public Corporations: Meaning and Problems →
- Local government (structure, functions, finance and reforms)Local Government: Structure and Functions →
- Pre-colonial political systems (Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo)Practise →
- Colonial administration (indirect rule, assimilation, association)Practise →
- Nationalism and nationalist movementsPractise →
- Constitutional developments in Nigeria (Clifford 1922 to the 1999 Constitution)Practise →
- Development of major political parties in NigeriaPolitical Parties: Functions and Party Systems →
- Military rule (reasons for intervention, structure and impact)Practise →
- Federalism in Nigeria (revenue allocation, state creation, problems) and unitary systems in West AfricaBasis of Government: Why States Need Government →Elements of a State →
- Foreign policy (Nigeria's foreign policy objectives and relations, Africa as centrepiece)Practise →
- International organisations: United Nations OrganisationInternational Organisations: UN, AU and ECOWAS →
- International organisations: AU (OAU), ECOWAS, the Commonwealth and OPECInternational Organisations: UN, AU and ECOWAS →
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