Civic Education revision notes

WAEC · SS2 and SS3 · 8 topics

Every topic below is written for the WAEC syllabus: what you need to know, the key terms, a worked example with the steps shown, and the mistake that costs candidates the mark.

• Citizenship, Identity and National Symbols Citizenship is the legal bond between a person and Nigeria, and Chapter III of the 1999 Constitution gives…
• The 1999 Constitution and the Rule of Law The Constitution is the supreme law, and everything else in Civic Education hangs on it. The chapter that…
• Human Rights and the Rights of the Child Human rights are the claims a person has simply by being human, and Chapter IV of the Constitution turns the…
• Democracy, Elections and Participation Nigeria has run uninterrupted civil rule since 29 May 1999, the longest stretch in its history, and this…
• Values, National Consciousness and Duties This topic is where Civic Education states what kind of citizen the country is trying to produce. The…
• Security Agencies and Public Safety This topic asks who keeps order in Nigeria, what each agency is actually empowered to do, and what the…
• Drug Abuse, Cultism and Youth Challenges This is the most heavily examined topic in Civic Education because it is the one the syllabus exists to…
• Corruption, Accountability, Good Governance Corruption is the thread that runs through every other topic in this syllabus, which is why the paper keeps…