Waec Government Syllabus/Questions 2024/2025

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WAEC GOVERNMENT SYLLABUS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

  This syllabus aims at assessing the candidates’ ability to (a)        define the concepts of Government and show their understanding of its principles, institutions and processes. (b)       recognize their role as an informed citizens and their contributions towards the achievement of national development. (c)        evaluate the successes, failures and problems of governments in West Africa.   (d)       analyse the constitutional developments and processes of colonial and post – independent government. (e)        appreciate the role of their country as a member of the international community.

WAEC GOVERNMENT SYLLABUS SCHEME OF THE EXAMINATIONS

There will be two papers – Paper 1 and Paper 2, both of which must be taken. Papers 1 and 2 will be composite and will be taken at one sitting. PAPER 1:        This will consist of fifty multiple-choice objective questions drawn from the entire syllabus. Candidates will be required to answer all the questions in 1 hour for 40 marks. PAPER 2:        This will be a 2-hour essay type test consisting of two sections, Sections A and B as follows: Section A: Elements of Government Shall contain five questions out of which candidates shall be required to attempt any two.                         Section B: Political and Constitutional Developments in West Africa and International Relations Shall contain sets of five questions each; one set for one member country. Each candidate is to answer two questions chosen from the set on the country in which he/she is taking the examination. The paper shall carry 60 marks.

WAEC GOVERNMENT SYLLABUS DETAILED

SECTION A:            ELEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT

1. MEANING AND SCOPE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER – GOVERNMENT

 

• Government as an institution of the state

.                Definition of state, features, structure and functions.  

• Government as a process or art or governing.

 

• Government as an academic field of study – reasons for studying government.

 

2. BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

 

• Basic concepts – State, *Society, *Nation, Power, Authority, Legitimacy, Sovereignty, Democracy, Political Culture and Socialization, Communalism, Feudalism and oligarchy, *Liberalism, Socialism, Communism, Capitalism, Fascism, Aristocracy, Totalitarianism.

Meaning and features.  

• Basic principles – Rule of Law, Fundamental Human Rights, Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances, Constitutionalism, Political participation, Representative Government, Centralization and Decentralization – (Delegated

Legislation, Devolution and Decentralization).  

3. CONSTITUTIONS

  (i)        Definition and Sources   (ii)       Functions  

• Types and Features, (Written and Unwritten, Rigid and Flexible).

 

4. ORGANS OF GOVERNMENT

  The Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary – Judicial Independence. (Types, Structure, Composition/membership; Functions; powers and limitations).

5. STATE STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF GOVERNMENT

  (a)        Types – Unitary, Federal, Confederal, Presidential or Non-parliamentary, Parliamentary or Cabinet, Monarchical and Republican. Meaning, types, features, merits and demerits.

6. CITIZENSHIP

  Meaning, mode of acquisition, rights, duties and obligations of individuals in the state. Means of safeguarding rights of citizens.  

7. POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTY SYSTEMS

 

• Political Parties – definition, organization/structure, and functions.

 

• Party Systems – definition, types, merits and demerits.

   

8. PRESSURE GROUPS, PUBLIC OPINION AND MASS MEDIA

 

• Pressure Groups – definition, types, mode of operation and functions;

 

• Public opinion – definition, formation, Measurement and importance;

 

• Mass Media – definition, roles and impact.

 

9. THE ELECTORAL SYSTEMS, PROCESSES AND ELECTORAL            MANAGEMENT BODY

  (a)        Electoral Systems and Processes (i)        Election- Meaning and purpose of elections. (ii)       Franchise – meaning, and limitations. (iii)     Types, advantages and disadvantages of Electoral Systems. (b)       Electoral Management Body – definition, function, problems/constrains.        

10. PUBLIC/CIVIL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION

 

• Public/Civil Service – Meaning, Structure, Characteristics and Functions.

 

• Public/Civil Service Commission –meaning and Functions.

 

• Public Corporations – definition, purposes, functions, control, challenges, need for commercialization and privatization.

 

• Local Governments – Meaning, structure, Purposes, Functions, Sources of revenue, control and problems.

  SECTION B:             POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVLEOPMENTS IN WEST AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

11. PRE-COLONIAL POLITICAL SYSTEM OF CANDIDATES’ RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES

  The Structural Organization of the following: (a)          Nigeria         –   Hausa/Fulani, the Yoruba and the Igbo.   (b)         Ghana           –   The Akan and the Talensi.   (c)          Sierra Leone   –   The Mende and Temme.   (d)        The Gambia   –   The Wolof, Mandingo and Jola.   (e)         Liberia           –   The Vai and the Kru.  

12. COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION

 

• The Policy and Structure of the British Colonial Administration – Crown Colony, Protectorate and Indirect Rule.

 

• The Policy of French Colonial Administration – Assimilation and Association (Loi Cadre).

 

• Impact, Advantages and disadvantages of Colonial Rule.

 

13. NATIONALISM IN CANDIDATES’ RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES

 

• Nationalism: Meaning, factors and effects.

 

• Key Nationalist leaders/movements and their contributions.

   

14. CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN CANDIDATES’ RESPECTIVE

COUNTRIES   (i)     Pre-Independence Constitutions –  

• Nigeria (features)           –            Clifford 1922

Richards 1946 Macpherson 1951 Littleton 1954  

• Ghana (features, merits and demerits)             –             Clifford 1916

Guggisberg 1925 Burns 1946 Arden Clarke 1951 Nkrumah 1954  

• Sierra Leone (features, merits and demerits)   – Slatter 1924

Stevenson 1947 Beresford Stooke 1951                                                                                                    The 1956 and 1958 Constitutions.   (d)   The Gambia (features, merits and demerits)     –            The 1947, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1962 and 1963 Constitutions.   (ii)       Post-Independence Constitutions – Features   (a)   Nigeria             –           Independence Constitution, 1960 Republican Constitution 1963 The 1979 and 1989 Constitutions 1999 Constitution – Origin, features, strength and Weaknesses.     (b)  Ghana              –         Independence Constitution, 1957 Republican Constitution 1960 2^nd Republican Constitution 1969 3^rd Republican Constitution 1979 4^th Republican Constitutions 1992.     (c)   Sierra Leone    –          Independence Constitution 1961 Republican Constitution 1971 The 1978 and 1991 Constitutions,   (d)   The Gambia   –          Independence Constitution 1965 Republican Constitution 1970. 2^nd Republican Constitution 1997   (e)    Liberia         –          Independence/Republican Constitution 1947 2^nd Republican Constitution 1985      

15. DEVELOPMENT OF MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE CANDIDATES’

RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES  

• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• The Gambia
• Liberia

Formation, Objectives, Sources of Finance, Achievements and Failures

16. MILITARY RULE IN THE CANDIDATES’ RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES.

 

• Nigeria
• Ghana;
• Sierra Leone
• The Gambia
• Liberia

Causes, effects and various military regimes.  

17. FEDERAL/UNITARY SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT IN WEST AFRICA

 

• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• The Gambia
• Liberia

Origin, Factors, Structure, Features and Problems  

18. FOREIGN POLICIES OF THE CANDIDATES’ RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES

 

• Nigeria
• Ghana
• Sierra Leone
• The Gambia
• Liberia

Definitions, Factors, objectives, advantages and disadvantages.

19. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  The United Nations Organizations (UNO), The Commonwealth of Nations, African Union (AU) – NEPAD, The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Origin, aims/objectives, achievements and problems.       WASSCE GOVERNMENT   SUGGESTED READING LIST    

S/N	AUTHOR	TITLE
1. 2.   3.   4.     5.   6.   7.   8.   9.   10.   11.   12.   13.   14.   15.   16	ADU BOAHEN, A SHILLINGTON K.   HODGKIN T.   GARBRAH H. K.     ADDAE P. G.   NOFIU S. O. A.   ECHIEFU S. M   APPADORAI A.   PRICE J. H.   LEEDS C. A.   AMOA G. Y.   DARE AND OYEWOLE   OYEDIRAN AND CO.   FRANCIS ADIGWE   DENNIS AUSTIN   PRAH ISAAC	Ghana Evolution and Change in the 19th and 20th Centuries Ghana and the Rawlings Factor   African Political Parties   Foreign Policies of Major Countries, Subject Publications, New Delhi   Senior Secondary School Government Bks. 1&2   A – ONE in Government   Modern Government   The Substance of Politics   Political Institutions in West Africa   Political Studies   Groundwork of Government in West Africa   A Textbook of Government for Senior Secondary School   Government for Senior Secondary School.   Essentials of Government   Politics in Ghana 1946-1960   Government for Senior Secondary School

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Posted by Prof. Francis on September 18, 2018.

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