BECE Business Studies syllabus

The BECE Business Studies syllabus has 33 examinable topics, listed alphabetically in full below. This is the same breakdown Handbook uses to track which topics you have mastered and which are still costing you marks.

All 33 topics on the BECE Business Studies syllabus

1. 01Aids to Trade
2. 02Balance Sheet for sole proprietor
3. 03Bank services and accounts
4. 04Basic Computer Concepts
5. 05Book Keeping
6. 06Books of Original Entry and Ledger
7. 07Commerce
8. 08Communication in the Office
9. 09Consumer and Market
10. 10Factors of production
11. 11Filing and Records Management
12. 12Introduction to Book-keeping
13. 13Introduction to Business Studies and Commerce
14. 14Journal, Cash Book, Petty Cash Book
15. 15Keyboarding
16. 16Ledger accounts and posting
17. 17Meaning and types of production
18. 18Meaning of consumer and market
19. 19Meaning, importance, and functions of Book-keeping
20. 20Methods of Payment and Banking
21. 21Office Departments
22. 22Office Practice
23. 23Office Staff and Personnel
24. 24Office Tools, Equipment and Materials
25. 25Preparation of Trial Balance
26. 26Principles and concepts of Book-keeping
27. 27Production
28. 28Source documents (Invoice, Receipt, Cheque, etc.)
29. 29The Office
30. 30Trade
31. 31Trading Account, Profit and Loss Account
32. 32Trial Balance and Final Accounts
33. 33Unplaced