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| Home Management WAEC Syllabus |
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Home Management WAEC Syllabus
Below is the WAEC Syllabus for this year; kindly make judicious use of it.
(a) management concepts; goals, values, standards and needs;
(b) decision – making processes;
(c) human and material resources available for managing a home;
(d) basic skills needed in caring for the home and society;
(e) consumer skills;
(f) sound health practices;
(g) self-reliant skills for effective living .
Paper 1: This will comprise fifty multiple choice objective questions, all of which are to be answered in 1 hour for 50 marks.
Paper 2: This will comprise six essay questions out of which candidates will be required to answer four within 1 hour 15minutes for 50 marks.
Paper 3: This will be a 3 hour practical test of three hours which will be conducted by a visiting examiner that will be appointed by WAEC. This paper will carry 100 marks.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Objectives for testing candidates in Home Management at the senior high school level include to assess their knowledge, understanding, appreciation and application of(a) management concepts; goals, values, standards and needs;
(b) decision – making processes;
(c) human and material resources available for managing a home;
(d) basic skills needed in caring for the home and society;
(e) consumer skills;
(f) sound health practices;
(g) self-reliant skills for effective living .
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
There will be three papers, Papers 1, 2, and 3 all of which must be taken. Papers 1 and 2 will be a composite paper to be taken at one sitting.Paper 1: This will comprise fifty multiple choice objective questions, all of which are to be answered in 1 hour for 50 marks.
Paper 2: This will comprise six essay questions out of which candidates will be required to answer four within 1 hour 15minutes for 50 marks.
Paper 3: This will be a 3 hour practical test of three hours which will be conducted by a visiting examiner that will be appointed by WAEC. This paper will carry 100 marks.
DETAILED SYLLABUS
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| 1. PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT
1.1 Definition of Home Management Management 1.3 The Management Process 1.3.2 Application of process to Specific tasks 1.4 Motivations for Home Management 1.5 Family Resources 1.6 Decision – making 1.7 Management of time and Energy |
(a) Planning (b) Organization (c) Implementation (d) Evaluation (a) Personal characteristics (b) Values (c) Goals (d) Standards (e) Needs (f) Events (g) Events (a) Definition (b) Characteristics (c) Kinds – Human (time energy skill, work simplification as it applies to the home) – Non-human/material – community (a) Definition (b) Process |
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2. FAMILY LIVING 2.1 The family 2.2 Courtship and marriage |
(a) Definition (b) Types – nuclear, Monogamous, Polygamous – Extended – Advantages and – disadvantages of each type – family. (c) Family life cycle – beginning, Expanding, contracting and Empty –nest. (d) Functions of the family (e) Roles and responsibilities of family Members (e.g. mother, father, Children, working mothers, single Parent etc. (f) Family relationship (e.g. husband and wife, parent/child, sibling/sibling, nuclear and extended families. (i) Factors affecting family Relationship, e.g. communication, Family values. (ii) The effect of these relations on Well being (iii) conflict and conflict resolution (a) Types of marriage (b) Boy/Girl relationship – definition – traditional/custom – guidelines for healthy boy/girl relationship |
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| – problems of unhealthy
boy/girl relationship – Consequences of Indiscriminate sexual Indulgence – sex education (c) Choosing a life partner (i) factors to consider when choosing a partner e.g. blood group, geno-type, HIV status. (ii) dating, courtship, engagement |
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2.3 PARENTHOOD |
(d) Preparation for marriage,
(i) Readiness – where to live, Maturity, finances (ii) Introduction to each other’s Family (e) Marriage Ceremony – Marriage Ceremony in different locality. (a) Preparation for parenthood (i) Planning a family (ii) Reproduction (iii) Pregnancy (iv) Ante-natal care (b) Child birth (i) labour (ii) delivery (iii) post-natal care – Immunization (C) Parenting (i) meaning (ii) importance (iii) responsibilities – provision of needs – bathing |
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3. Feeding the family 3.1 Classes of food and food nutrients. 3.2 Scientific study of good nutrients 3.3 Effect of heat on nutrients 3.4 Special nutrition needs of infants, toddlers, adolescents, adults, pregnant women, lactating women the aged, convalescents invalids and vegetarians. 3.5 Foods storage and preservation. 3.6 Planning of balanced meals for different groups of people. 3.7 Kitchen plan, hygiene and safely. 3.8 Food purchasing 3.9 Preparation and serving of means, Snacks and beverages. 3.10 Entertainment 4. CLOTHING THE FAMILY 4.1 Clothing 4.2 Household linen 4.3 Textiles 4.4 Fabric construction 4.5 Planning a wardrobe 4.6 Maintenance of clothing 4.7 Sewing equipment and tools 4.8 Sewing processes 4.9 Storage of clothing 5. HOUSING THE FAMILY 5.1 Family house 5.2 Choosing family house 5.3 Setting up a home TOPIC |
(i) cooking terms and methods (ii) flour and flour mixtures (iii) cooking equipment, utensils and table wares (iv) table setting and service Meaning, types, functions Origin of fibres Classification of fibres/fabrics Weaving, knitting, crocheting etc. (i) Simple garment repairs (ii) Laundry agents – water, Detergents, fabric rinses, Stiffening agents, bleaches (iii) Laundry equipment and tools (iv) Laundry work – management of the family wash Laundry Stains and stain removal Care of special garments (a) Definition of House (b) Types of House e.g. storey building, bungalow, duplex etc (c) Classification of Houses e.g. traditional and modern (a) acquiring a house (i) Renting (ii) Mortgage (iii) Building (iv) Buying (v) inheritance (vi) Gift (b) Factors influencing the choice of a house (i) Economic (ii) Social (iii) Psychological (iv) sites (v) ventilation in the house (vi) Design (c) Guideline for choosing a family house (a) Definition Difference between a home and a house (b) Equipment and furnishing in The Home Types – Large and small Equipment – Hard and soft Furnishing Fixture CONTENT |
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5.4 Home Improvement/Interior Decoration 5.5 Utilities in the home 5.6 Simple home maintenance and Repairs. 5.7 Safety measures in the home 6. Wealth Creation and Management 6.1 Creativity and Entrepreneurship 6.2 Money Management 6.3. Wealth Creation 6.4 Capital Market Investment 7. Consumer Education 7.1 Definition and Importance Consumer education 7.2 Rights and responsibilities of a Consumer 7.3 Consumer Information 7.4 Consumer Legislation and Agencies 7.5 Principles of consumer Education 7.6 Consumer Agents 7.7 Environmental Friendly Consumption practice 7.8 Purchasing practices |
(a) meaning and importance (b) element and principles of art and design and their application (i) colours (ii) Textures (iii) Lines (iv) Proportion (v) Rythme etc. (c) Guidelines for interior decoration (d) Flower arrangements. (a) Water – Sources, uses Purification, storage (b) Light – electricity – meter reading, Electric bill (c ) Fuels – uses, storage, control, advantages, disadvantages. (i) cooking gas (ii) kerosene (iii) fire wood (iv) charcoal (v) electricity (a) cleaning agents and materials – identification, preparation and use of local and commercial cleaning agents. (i) water (ii) soaps (iii) abrasives (iv) polishes (b) cleaning equipment and tools (c) care of surfaces – wood – tile – formica – concrete – plastic etc. (d) Care of floors/floor coverings/ Finishing – Carpets – Linoleums – Mats – Rugs – terrazzo – parquet etc (e) Care of home furnishing and ornaments – ceramics – metals – collage etc. (f) Cleaning of different functional areas in the home (g) Bed making (a) importance (b) common accidents (c) prevention (d) use of first aid (a) Definition (b) Importance of sanitation (c) Waste disposal – House hold waste – Drainage system – Disposal methods – pollution and health hazards. (d) Household pests (i) Types (ii) Control (a) Meaning (b) Importance (c ) Relationship between creativity and entrepreneurship (d) Entrepreneurial skills (i) Creativity (ii) Management (iii) Communication (e) Entrepreneurial Activities/ Enterprises (i) Fashion designing (ii) Hair dressing (iii) Fast Foods (iv) Bead making etc. (a) Meaning (b) Guidelines (c) processes (d) Family budget – income Expenditure, steps in budgeting (a) Meaning (b) Types (c ) Advantages (d) Ways of creating wealth e.g. Saving, investment, trading etc. (a) Meaning (b) Advantages (c) Guidelines (c) Investment opportunities e.g. Stocks, shares, treasury bill. (a) sources (b) Uses (a) Types (b) Functions (c ) Regulations of agencies (a) Types (b) Functions (a) (i) Market and market survey (ii) Meaning (iii) Types (iv) Uses/importance (v)Procedures for market survey (b) Wise purchasing practices (c) Prevention of wastage in the home. |
READING TEXTS
- Home Management by R.O. Johnson, A. Akingbehin and J. Mifie publishers: Longman
- Home Management for secondary Schools Enid O’Reilly Wright & Lillian
- Home Management for Secondary Schools 1-3by Mary Edna Aufani Joe, Oby Eyisi et al. Publishers- University Press Plc.
- Home Management for Secondary Schools 1005 OQ & A Series by Elizabeth Anyakoha publisher-Fep Publisher Ltd.
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