WAEC Syllabus

WASSCE · SHS & Senior Secondary

WASSCE Syllabus – All Subjects

The WASSCE syllabus sets out exactly what WAEC examines in each subject. The 64 syllabuses below are the current ones, in a mobile-friendly web version and as the official PDF.

64 subjects · web version and PDF for every syllabus

WAEC is one examining body across Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Liberia, and it sets WASSCE from the same subject syllabuses in all five. So whether you are in SHS 3 in Ghana or SS 3 in Nigeria, the topic list for your subject is the one on this page.

What the syllabus does and does not tell you

Each subject syllabus lists the aims, the topics and subtopics you are expected to cover, and how WAEC structures the papers. It does not contain questions, answers, or predictions. There are no confirmed or leaked WASSCE topics — the paper is set from the syllabus, so covering the syllabus covers the examinable ground.

Two WASSCE series

  • WASSCE for School Candidates — sat through your school. Ghana writes it around May–June; Nigeria writes the May/June series.
  • WASSCE for Private Candidates — sat on your own, outside a school. In Nigeria this is the WAEC GCE series (Nov/Dec first series, Jan/Feb second series).

The syllabus is the same document for both. Each subject page below carries the school-candidate PDF and, where WAEC publishes a separate one, the private-candidate PDF.

Choose your subject

Core Subjects 3 subjects

Sciences 10 subjects

Languages 7 subjects

Arts & Humanities 8 subjects

Business & Commercial 13 subjects

Technical & Trade 23 subjects

Want the topic lists side by side instead? See WASSCE topics by subject. Sitting the Nigerian May/June series? The WAEC syllabus homepage carries the same subjects with the current exam-cycle dates.