WAEC Health Education syllabus

The WAEC Health Education syllabus has 50 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 50 topics on the WAEC Health Education syllabus

  1. 01Ageing and death education
  2. 02Attributes
  3. 03Balanced/adequate diets
  4. 04Behaviour altering chemicals
  5. 05Beverages
  6. 06Cells and tissues of Human Body
  7. 07Communicable diseases
  8. 08Community health services
  9. 09Dental health education
  10. 10Diet for different groups of people
  11. 11Diseases
  12. 12Drug Education
  13. 13Epidemiology and vital statistics
  14. 14Factors influencing choice of consumer products
  15. 15Family and family member roles
  16. 16Family health
  17. 17Family life challenges
  18. 18Family planning and safe motherhood
  19. 19First Aid
  20. 20Food hygiene, preservation and storage
  21. 21Food hygiene, preservation and storage
  22. 22Health Screening
  23. 23Housing
  24. 24Human Reproduction
  25. 25Human Sexuality Education
  26. 26Industrial occupation
  27. 27Laws protecting the consumer
  28. 28Meaning and setting for Health Education
  29. 29Mental health
  30. 30Non-communicable diseases
  31. 31Nostrum
  32. 32Nutrition
  33. 33Nutritional processes
  34. 34Personal hygiene
  35. 35Personal hygiene
  36. 36Pests and vectors control
  37. 37Pollution
  38. 38Population Education
  39. 39Posture and Postural Defects
  40. 40Posture and Postural Defects
  41. 41Promotion and maintenance of health
  42. 42Quacks and quackery
  43. 43School health programme
  44. 44Sense Organs
  45. 45Sense Organs
  46. 46Systems of the Body
  47. 47Waste disposal
  48. 48Waste disposal
  49. 49Water
  50. 50Water supply

Frequently asked questions

How many topics are on the WAEC Health Education syllabus?
50 topics. All of them are listed on this page.
What is the first topic on the WAEC Health Education syllabus?
Listed alphabetically, the syllabus begins with Ageing and death education. All 50 topics appear above.
Is the WAEC Health Education syllabus free to view on Handbook?
Yes. The full topic list is free to read with no account. A Handbook subscription adds timed practice questions and topic-level progress tracking against the same syllabus.

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