WAEC Bookkeeping syllabus

The WAEC Bookkeeping syllabus has 23 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 23 topics on the WAEC Bookkeeping syllabus

1. 01Adjustments
2. 02Bank Reconciliation Statement
3. 03Books of Original Entry
4. 04Career opportunities and beneficiaries of book keeping
5. 05Cash Book
6. 06Causes of differences between cash book and bank statement balance
7. 07Concept and preparation of balance sheet
8. 08Concept and preparation of trading, profit and loss account
9. 09Concepts and Conventions
10. 10Correction of errors and preparation of Suspense Account
11. 11Definition, identification, types and uses of source documents
12. 12Definition, purpose, types, format, uses and preparation of Books of Original Entry
13. 13Financial Statements of Sole Proprietorship
14. 14Impersonal accounts (real and nominal)
15. 15Introduction to Book Keeping
16. 16Ledger and Principles of Double Entry
17. 17Meaning and types of business transactions
18. 18Meaning of Book Keeping
19. 19Personal accounts (debtors and creditors)
20. 20Petty cash book
21. 21Rules and preparation of trial balance
22. 22Trial Balance and Errors
23. 23Use of financial statements for decision making