Civic Education Waec Syllabus

SECTION A: NATIONAL ETHICS, DISCIPLINE, RIGHTS, AND OBLIGATIONS

1. Values
   • Values definition, types, and the importance of values to the society.
2. Citizenship and Nationalism
   • Meaning of citizenship;
   • Meaning of citizenship education;
   • Goals of citizenship education
   • Duties and obligations of citizens
   • Meaning of nationalism;
   • Ways of promoting national consciousness, integrity, and unity in society;
   • The nationalistic roles of individuals and groups;
   • Identification of local and world civic problems.
3. Human Rights
   • Meaning of human rights;
   • Categories of human rights;
   • Characteristics of human rights;
   • Meaning and historical background of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR);
   • Meaning and identification of the seven core freedoms of UDHR;
   • Importance of UDHR;
   • Roles of individuals, groups and government in UDHR;
   • Limitations to the exercise of human rights.
4. Law and Order
   • Definition of Law and Order;
   • Features of Law and Order;
   • Importance of Law and Order in Society;
   • Meaning of constituted authority;
   • Types of constituted authority;
   • Importance and roles of constituted authority
5. Responsible Parenthood
   • Meaning of responsible parenthood;
   • Roles of responsible parents;
   • Importance of responsible parenthood in national development.
6. Traffic Regulations
   • Meaning of traffic regulations;
   • Traffic regulation and its importance in society;
   • The roles of the individual and government in maintaining traffic regulations.
7. Inter-Personal Relationships
   • Meaning of inter-personal relationships;
   • Types of interpersonal relationships;
   • Skills that promote interpersonal relationships;
   • Meaning of intercommunal relationships;
   • Importance of intercommunal relationships;
   • Meaning of inter-communal conflicts.
   • Skills for resolving inter-communal conflicts.

SECTION B: EMERGING ISSUES IN THE SOCIETY

1. Cultism
   • Meaning and origin of cultism;
   • Different cult groups in Nigeria and their symbols;
   • Reasons for cultism;
   • Consequences of cultism;
   • Ways of preventing cultism in society.
2. Drugs and Drug Abuse
   • Meaning of drug abuse;
   • Drugs that can be abused;
   • How drugs are abused;
   • Symptoms of drug abuse;
   • Behaviours of drug addicts;
   • Ways of preventing drug abuse;
   • Government agencies working to prevent drug abuse/trafficking and their activities;
   • Laws against drug abuse.
3. Human Trafficking
   • Meaning of human trafficking;
   • Causes of human trafficking;
   • Effects and consequences of human trafficking;
   • Efforts of government and individuals in stopping human trafficking.
4. HIV/Aids
   • Meaning of HIV/AIDS;
   • Causes of HIV/AIDS;
   • Symptoms and effects of HIV/AIDS;
   • Prevention of HIV/AIDS;
   • Stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS.

5. Youth Empowerment
   • Meaning of youth empowerment;
   • Youth empowerment skills;
   • Importance and benefits of youth empowerment skills.
   • Efforts of government towards youth empowerment.

SECTION C: GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM AND PROCESSES

1. Structure and Functions of Government
   • Meaning of government;
   • Structure/tiers of government;
   • Functions of government.
2. Democracy, Rule of Law and National Development
   • Meaning, types, and features of democracy;
   • Importance of democracy;
   • Pillars of democracy;
   • Problems of democracy;
   • Meaning of rule of law;
   • Features of rule of law;
   • Importance of rule of law;
   • Problems of rule of law;
   • Meaning of national development;
   • How democracy and Rule of law promote national development- good governance,
   • Employment creation and poverty alleviation etc.
3. Political Apathy
   • Meaning of political apathy;
   • Causes of political apathy;
   • Consequences of political apathy;
   • Why leaders fail to protect the interests of their followers;
   • How leaders can protect the interests of their followers;
   • Ways of discouraging political apathy.
4. Civil Society and Popular Participation
   • Meaning of popular participation;
   • Types of popular participation;
   • The need for popular participation in society;
   • Traditional and modern modes of popular participation;
   • Achieving popular participation in politics;
   • Meaning of civil society;
   • Functions/need for civil society;
   • Qualities/characteristics of civil society, i.e. accountability, fairness, justice, equity etc.
   • Problems of civil society, i.e. bribery and corruption, inadequate funding, the overbearing influence of foreign donors etc.
5. Public Service in Democracy
   • Meaning of public service;
   • Functions of public service;
   • Problems of public service;
   • Reasons for the shortcomings in public service;
   • Ways of improving the public service.