The WAEC Government syllabus is the list of topics WASSCE Government questions are set from, with the exam body's notes on how far each topic goes. Use it as a revision checklist: pick a topic, read what it covers, then practise past questions on it until you can answer them in exam time.
Syllabus content © The West African Examinations Council. Source. Summaries marked “Our summary” are written by DeeepSolve.
Our summary: What government means, the key ideas used to describe states and power, and the principles that keep government in check.
Our summary: Government as an institution of the state, as the process of governing, and as a subject of study.
Our summary: The key terms of the subject, from state, nation, power and sovereignty to the main political ideologies.
Our summary: The rule of law, human rights, separation of powers and the other principles that make government accountable.
Our summary: How constitutions set up a government, the three organs of government, and the different ways states and governments are structured.
Our summary: What a constitution is, where it comes from, what it does, and the main types.
Our summary: The executive, the legislature and the judiciary, how each is made up, and why judicial independence matters.
Our summary: Unitary, federal and confederal states, and presidential, parliamentary, monarchical and republican governments compared.
Our summary: Citizens' rights and duties, how people take part in politics through parties, pressure groups, the media and elections, and how the public service runs government.
Our summary: How a person becomes a citizen, the rights and duties that come with it, and how those rights are protected.
Our summary: What political parties are, how they are organised and what they do, and the different party systems.
Our summary: How pressure groups, public opinion and the mass media influence government.
Our summary: Why elections are held, who may vote, the different electoral systems, and the body that runs elections.
Our summary: The civil service and its commission, public corporations and privatisation, and local government.
Our summary: WAEC Section B as set for candidates in Nigeria: how the Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo were governed, British and French colonial rule, nationalism, and the constitutions before independence.
Our summary: How the Hausa/Fulani, the Yoruba and the Igbo organised government before colonial rule.
Our summary: How Britain and France ruled their colonies, and what colonial rule did to the colonies.
Our summary: What nationalism is, why it grew, and the leaders and movements that pushed for independence.
Our summary: The features of Nigeria's colonial constitutions from Clifford to Lyttelton.
Our summary: WAEC Section B as set for candidates in Nigeria: the constitutions since 1960, political parties, military rule and the federal system.
Our summary: The features of Nigeria's constitutions from independence in 1960 to the 1999 Constitution.
Our summary: How Nigeria's major political parties were formed, what they aimed for, how they were funded, and how they fared.
Our summary: Why the military took power in Nigeria, the military regimes, and the effects of military rule.
Our summary: Where Nigeria's federal system came from, how it is structured, and the problems it faces.
Our summary: Nigeria's foreign policy and the international organizations it belongs to, with the Nigeria part set by WAEC for candidates in Nigeria.
Our summary: What foreign policy is, what shapes Nigeria's foreign policy, and what it aims to achieve.
Our summary: The origin, aims, achievements and problems of the UN, the Commonwealth, the African Union and ECOWAS.
