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PAPER 1: Objective Test
Fifty multiple-choice objective questions drawn from the entire syllabus. Answered in 1 hour for 40 marks.
11. PRE-COLONIAL POLITICAL SYSTEM OF CANDIDATES' RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES
Examines the structural organization of pre-colonial political systems in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Liberia.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
This syllabus aims at assessing the candidates' ability to understand and analyze the principles, institutions, and processes of government, with a focus on national development, West African contexts, and international relations.
1. MEANING AND SCOPE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER – GOVERNMENT
Covers government as an institution of the state, an art of governing, and an academic field of study.
2. BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
Explores fundamental concepts like state, nation, power, authority, sovereignty, and principles such as Rule of Law, Human Rights, and Constitutionalism.
course outline
- AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
- Define concepts of Government and show understanding of its principles, institutions and processes.
- Recognize role as informed citizens and contributions to national development.
- Evaluate successes, failures and problems of governments in West Africa.
- Analyze constitutional developments and processes of colonial and post-independent government.
- Appreciate the role of their country as a member of the international community.
- SCHEME OF THE EXAMINATIONS
- PAPER 1: Objective Test
- PAPER 2: Essay Type Test
- Section A: Elements of Government
- Section B: Political and Constitutional Developments in West Africa and International Relations
- SECTION A: ELEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT