JAMB YORUBA SYLLABUS 2024

JAMB Yoruba Syllabus

Yorùbá

YORÙBÁ

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

The aim of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) syllabus in Yorùbá is to prepare the candidates for the Board’s examination. It is designed to test their achievement of the course objectives, which are to:

1. stimulate and sustain their interest in Yorùbá language, literature and culture;

2. acquire basic knowledge and skill in Yorùbá language, literature and material and non-material aspects of culture.

STRUCTURE OF THE EXAMINATION

The test will be of an objective type, candidates will answer fifty (50) multiple-choice questions covering all aspects of the syllabus:

1. LANGUAGE:

	(a)	Comprehension
		(1 prose and 1 verse)	10 items
	(b) Essay writing		01 items
	(c)	Sound system	04 items
	(d) Grammar		06 items
	(e)	Current orthography	02 items
	(f)	Translation	02 items
2.	LITERATURE:
	(a)	Oral	06 items
	(b) Written		09 items
3.	CULTURE		10 items
	TOTAL		50 items

TOPICS/CONTENTS/NOTES					OBJECTIVES

SECTION A
1. LANGUAGE:					Candidates should be able to:
(a)	Comprehension:				(i)	identify central issues in a passage and draw
	(i)	Prose				appropriate conclusions;
	(ii)	Verse			(ii)	determine basic assumptions and express
						ideas; and
					(iii)	identify the meanings and functions of given
						phrases and sentences.
(b)	Essay Writing				Candidates should be able to:
					(i)	identify different types of essay; and
					(ii)	apply different types of techniques associated
						with each type.
(c)	Sound System:				Candidates should be able to:
	(i)	Production of sounds (consonants			(i)	identify organs of speech, speech sounds and
		and vowels);				parameters for describing each speech sound;
	(ii)	Tones and tone change;			(iia)	determine their correct usages;
					(iib)	detect linguistic errors (pronunciations and
						wrong usages);
	(iii)	Syllable structure; and			(iii)	determine the syllable components of words;
						and
	(iv)	Sound	processes	co-vowel	(iv)	demonstrateknowledgeof thebasic
		occurrence, elision and deletion,				principles underlying the relationship between
		etc.				sounds.
(d )	Grammar:				Candidates should be able to:
	(i)	Morphology – Word-formation;			(i)	demonstrate good knowledge of word
						derivation;
	(ii)	Loan-word integration;			(ii)	demonstrate knowledge of word adoption;

(iii) Word classes – nouns, verbs, (iii) identify the appropriate class a word belongs

adjectives, adverbs, pronouns,	to;
conjunctions, prepositions, etc.;

(iv) Phrases and clauses – types and

(iv) demonstrate knowledge and understanding of

	functions;		Yorùbá syntax;
(v)	Sentences – types, structures and	(v)	identify the types structures and functions of
	functions; and		sentences; and
(vi)	Grammatical categories – tense	(vi)	demonstrate good knowledge of non-lexical
	and aspects.		items.
(e) Current Orthography		Candidates should be able to:
			present ideas in acceptable written form.

(f)

Translation

Candidates should be able to:

interpret sentences and ideas in accordance

with acceptable principles.

LITERATURE:

Candidates should be able to:

(a)

Oral Literature:

(i)

identify central issues, problems and the

(i)

Prose:

component parts of an idea presented in a

Amọo, A. (2010). Àkójọpọ̀ Àlọ́

work; and

Àpagbè, Akurẹ: Hirise Celebrity

(ii)

draw appropriate conclusions

Publishers.

(ii)

Poetry:

(i)

deduce logical inferences from abstract

Babalọla, A. (2001). Àwọn Oríkì

relations of components of an idea in a work;

Orílẹ

Mẹtàdínlọgbọn,

Lagos:

and

Longman Nig. Ltd.

(ii)

identify thefigurativeand idiomatic

expressions in the poem.

(b)

Written Literature:

Candidates should be able to:

(i)

Prose:

(i)

demonstrate good knowledge of ideas in works

Ajéwọlé, O. (2005)

of art;

Ìgbẹyìn

L’aláyò

Ta,

Ibadan:

(ii)

draw moral lessons from the text;

Extention Publications Limited.

(iii)

identify the narrative techniques in the text;

and

(iv)

identify thefigurativeand idiomatic

expressions in the text.

(ii)

Poetry:

(i)

deduce the import of written works of art and

genres; and

Fádíyà,

(2008). Ìyá

Àtàtà,

(ii)

identify

thefigurative

and idiomatic

Ibadan: Lasswell.

expressions in the poem.

(iii)

Drama:

(i)

identify the central theme of works;

(ii)

interpret same in accordance

with acceptable

Tẹlà, L. (2007). Ègún Orí Ìkúnlẹ,

principles of the society;

Ibadan:

Rasmed

Publication

(iii)

identify types of drama;

Limited.

(iv)

identify thefigurativeand idiomatic

expressions in the drama; and

(v)

extract the narrative techniques in the drama.

CULTURE:

Èrò àti ìgbàgbọ:

Candidates should be able to:

Olódùmarè, àkùdàáyà, emèrè, àjẹ, àwọn

distinguish traditional practices and acceptable

irúnmọlẹ̀abbl.

ways of life from modern and common sense

beliefs.

2. Ètò ìṣèlú àti ààbò ìlú:

Candidates should be able to:

Ẹgbẹ àti ọgbà,

oyè

jíjẹ

àti

àwọn ìjòyẹ,

assess the

functions and roles of individuals,

ogun jíjà abbl.

chieftains, and groups in ensuring peace,

stability and continuity of society.

3. Ètò ìsìnkú àti ogún pínpín:

Candidates should be able to:

Òkú

àgbà, òkú

ọfọ, òkú òòṣà, ìtúfọ, ilẹ

(i)

distinguish between traditional practices; and

̀ ́

̀ ̀

òkú gbígbẹ, ìdí igi, mọlẹ

bàbá ìsìnkú

(ii)

relate them to funerals and inheritance.

bí,

abbl.

Òǹkà Yorùbá:

Candidates should be able to:

Oókan títí dé ọ̀kẹ́kan (1-20,000).

5. Ayẹyẹ:

Ìgbéyàwó, ìsọmọlórúkọ, ìwúyè abbl.

6. Ètò Ìwòsàn:

Ìtọ́jú aláìsàn, ìtọ́jú àti ìgbẹ̀bí aboyún, abbl.

7. Eré ìdárayá:

(i) eré òṣùpa – àlọ́, bojúbojú abbl; and

(ii) eré ojúmọmọ – ìjàkadì, ayò, òkòtó, àrín abbl.

8. Iṣẹ́àbínibí àti oúnjẹ ilẹ̀Yorùbá:

(i) Iṣẹ́-àgbẹ̀ìṣọ̀nà, ìlù lílù abbl; and

(ii) Oúnjẹ – àbàrí, iyán, ẹ̀wà abbl.

9. Ìranra-ẹni-lọ́wọ́: &nbs

JAMB(CBT) Subjects

Accounting

Biology

Chemistry

Christian Religious Knowlege

Commerce

Economics

English

Government

Literature

Mathematics

Physics