WAEC Releases New Syllabus Guidelines – Here’s What Changed.

  WAEC Releases New Syllabus Guidelines – Here’s What Changed.

An overhaul of the Syllabus structure of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has been sneaked in, which will change the way important subjects are taught and evaluated henceforth. As far as teachers, students, parents and schools in Nigeria and other regions of West Africa are concerned, this is more than a routine, as it may bring up changes in the way students prepare themselves to take their most significant examination.

“The review was necessary to align the curriculum with global educational trends and local development needs,”

— WAEC’s Head of National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut, speaking on the syllabus revision.

Source: Premium Times Nigeria.

WAEC is not moving things around they are reinventing the way the whole aspect of learning is supposed to be done. Subjects such as Mathematics, English and Science are now becoming more application-oriented than memorization based. That implies you may be asked questions that challenge your problem-solving, critical thinking as well as your practical reasoning more than ever.

For example:

New writings have brought about fresh writers and new literature

New technologies are now included in science subjects

The area of Commerce and Economics has been revised to incorporate the concepts of the digital economy

As a student, it translates into the fact that it is no longer sufficient to study the old fashion way by cramming old questions. You also must know the reasons why concepts occur and not only what occurs. Schools and teachers have to revise lesson plans, books, and classroom activities to correspond with new standards too.

This is all the more so to the current WAEC dependant private tutorial centers and schools, who continue in their existing adherence in improper material. Being a step behind may imply reduced performance in general.

The new syllabus constructed by WAEC is not a modest change, but the evidence that education in West Africa is changing. You may be taking your test next week, or you may have a student taking it; either way chance are you might pass or fail and being adaptive early may keep you off of the team trying to pass.

You can start by inquiring of your teacher or your school as to whether they have already implemented the new materials or not. Otherwise, you could download the most recent syllabuses right on the official WAEC site or request to view the updated version of them.

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