JAMB Government syllabus

The JAMB Government syllabus has 37 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 37 topics on the JAMB Government syllabus

1. 01Arms of Government
2. 02Basic Concepts in Government
3. 03Citizenship rights
4. 04Constitution
5. 05Constitutional Development in Nigeria
6. 06Constitutionalism, Rule of Law, Representative Government
7. 07Dual citizenship, renunciation, deprivation
8. 08Duties and obligations of citizens
9. 09Foreign Policy
10. 10Forms of Government
11. 11Imperialist Penetration
12. 12Institutions of Government in Post Independence Nigeria
13. 13Local Government
14. 14Meaning, Sources, Functions
15. 15Nigeria in International Organizations
16. 16Nigerias Relations with African Countries
17. 17Political Ideologies
18. 18Political Parties and Party Politics in Post Independence Nigeria
19. 19Political Parties and Party Systems
20. 20Post Independence Constitutions
21. 21Pre colonial Polities
22. 22Pressure Groups
23. 23Principles of Democratic Government
24. 24Process of Decolonization
25. 25Processes of Legislation
26. 26Public Commissions
27. 27Public Corporations and Parastatals
28. 28Public Opinion
29. 29Society, State, Nation, Nation-State
30. 30Structures of Governance
31. 31Systems of Governance
32. 32The Civil Service
33. 33The Electoral Process
34. 34The Judiciary - functions, powers, components
35. 35The Military in Nigerian Politics
36. 36The Structure and Workings of Nigerian Federalism
37. 37Types: Written, Unwritten, Rigid and Flexible