WAEC Syllabus for Home Management

Home Management: Meaning and definition of Home Management.

Careers in Home Management: Career opportunities related to Home Management.

Management Process: Planning, organisation, implementation and evaluation, and their application to specific tasks.

Motivation for Home Management: Personal characteristics, values, goals, standards, needs and events.

Family Resources: Meaning, characteristics and types of resources. Human resources such as time, energy and skills; material resources; and community resources.

Decision-Making: Meaning and stages involved in decision-making.

Time and Energy Management: Ways of planning and organising time and energy for effective home management.

The Family: Meaning and types of family, including nuclear, monogamous, polygamous and extended families.

Advantages and disadvantages of different family types.

Stages of the family life cycle: beginning, expanding, contracting and empty-nest stages.

Functions of the family.

Roles and responsibilities of parents, children, working mothers, single parents and other family members.

Family Relationships: Relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, siblings, and members of nuclear and extended families.

Factors affecting family relationships, including communication and family values.

Effects of family relationships on wellbeing.

Conflict and conflict resolution.

Courtship and Marriage: Types of marriage; boy/girl relationships; traditional and customary considerations; guidelines for healthy relationships; problems associated with unhealthy relationships; consequences of indiscriminate sexual behaviour; and sex education.

Choosing a Life Partner: Factors to consider, including blood group, genotype and HIV status; dating, courtship and engagement.

Preparing for Marriage: Readiness for marriage, accommodation, maturity and finances; introduction of partners to their families; and marriage ceremonies in different localities.

Preparation for Parenthood: Family planning, reproduction, pregnancy and antenatal care.

Childbirth: Labour, delivery and postnatal care, including immunisation.

Parenting: Meaning and importance of parenting and parental responsibilities, including providing children's needs and personal care.

Food and Nutrients: Classes of food and their nutrients; scientific study of nutrients; effects of heat on nutrients.

Special Nutritional Needs: Nutritional requirements of infants, toddlers, adolescents, adults, pregnant women, lactating mothers, older people, convalescents, invalids and vegetarians.

Food Storage and Preservation: Methods of storing and preserving food.

Balanced Meals: Planning balanced meals for different groups of people.

Kitchen Planning, Hygiene and Safety: Kitchen arrangement, hygiene and safety.

Food Purchasing: Principles and practices involved in purchasing food.

Food Preparation and Service: Cooking terms and methods; flour and flour mixtures; cooking equipment and utensils; tableware; table setting and service.

Entertainment: Preparation and serving of meals, snacks and beverages for entertainment.

Clothing: Meaning, types and functions of clothing.

Household Linen: Types and uses of household linen.

Textiles: Origin and classification of fibres and fabrics.

Fabric Construction: Weaving, knitting, crocheting and related methods.

Wardrobe Planning: Planning and organising a suitable family wardrobe.

Clothing Maintenance: Simple garment repairs; laundry agents such as water, detergents, fabric rinses, stiffening agents and bleaches; laundry equipment and tools; management of the family wash; stain removal; and care of special garments.

Sewing: Sewing equipment and tools and basic sewing processes.

Clothing Storage: Proper methods of storing clothes and garments.

Family House: Meaning of a house; types such as storey buildings, bungalows and duplexes; traditional and modern houses.

Choosing a Family House: Ways of acquiring a house, including renting, mortgage, building, buying, inheritance and gifts.

Economic, social and psychological factors to consider; site, ventilation and design; and guidelines for choosing a family house.

Setting Up a Home: Meaning of a home and difference between a house and a home; home equipment and furnishings; large and small equipment; hard and soft furnishings; and fixtures.

Home Improvement and Interior Decoration: Meaning and importance; elements and principles of art and design; colour, texture, line, proportion and rhythm; guidelines for interior decoration; and flower arrangement.

Home Utilities: Sources, uses, purification and storage of water; electricity, including meter reading and electricity bills; and household fuels such as cooking gas, kerosene, firewood, charcoal and electricity, including their uses, storage, advantages and disadvantages.

Home Maintenance and Repairs: Cleaning agents and materials such as water, soaps, abrasives and polishes; cleaning equipment and tools; care of surfaces such as wood, tiles, Formica, concrete and plastic; care of carpets, linoleum, mats, rugs, terrazzo, parquet and other floor coverings; care of furnishings and ornaments; cleaning different areas of the home; and bed-making.

Safety in the Home: Importance of safety, common household accidents, prevention and first aid.

Creativity and Entrepreneurship: Meaning and importance of creativity and entrepreneurship; relationship between creativity and entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial skills such as creativity, management and communication; and entrepreneurial activities including fashion designing, hairdressing, fast-food businesses and bead making.

Money Management: Meaning, guidelines and processes of managing money; family budgeting, including income, expenditure and steps involved in preparing a budget.

Wealth Creation: Meaning and types of wealth; advantages of wealth creation; and ways of creating wealth through saving, investment, trading and other activities.

Capital Market Investment: Meaning and advantages; guidelines for investment; and opportunities such as stocks, shares and treasury bills.

Consumer Education: Meaning and importance.

Consumer Rights and Responsibilities: Different consumer rights and responsibilities.

Consumer Information: Sources and uses of information available to consumers.

Consumer Legislation and Agencies: Types, functions and regulation of consumer agencies.

Principles of Consumer Education: Basic principles that guide consumer education.

Consumer Agents: Types and functions.

Environmentally Friendly Consumption: Market and market surveys; meaning, types, uses and importance of market surveys; procedures for conducting a market survey; wise purchasing practices; and prevention of wastage in the home.