AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Objectives for testing candidates in Home Management at the senior high school level include to assess their knowledge, understanding, appreciation and application of.
(a) management concepts; goals, values, standards and needs; (b) decision – making processes; (c) human and material resources available for managing a home; (d) basic skills needed in caring for the home and society; (e) consumer skills; (f) sound health practices; (g) self-reliant skills for effective living .
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
There will be three papers, Papers 1, 2, and 3. Papers 1 and 2 will be combined in a 2 - hour composite paper.
Paper 1: This will comprise 50 multiple choice questions to be answered in 1 hour for 50 marks.
Paper 2: This will comprise six (6) short structured essay questions out of which candidates will answer five (5) questions, within 1 hour for 50 marks.
Paper 3: This will be a practical test of 3 hours which will be conducted by a visiting examiner that will be arranged by WAEC. This paper will carry 100 marks.
DETAILED DRAFT SYLLABUS
TOPIC CONTENT 1. PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT 1.1 Definition of Home (a) Planning Management (b) Organization 1.2 Careers in Home (c) Implementation Management (d) Evaluation 1.3 The Management Process 1.3.2 Application of process to (a) Personal characteristics Specific tasks (b) Values (c) Goals (d) Standards 1.4 Motivations for Home (e) Needs Management (f) Events (g) Events 1.5 Family Resources (a) Definition (b) Characteristics (c) Kinds – Human (time energy skill, work simplification as it 1.6 Decision – making applies to the home) - Non-human/material - community (a) Definition 1.7 Management of time and (b) Process Energy 2. FAMILY LIVING 2.1 The family (a) Definition (b) Types – nuclear, Monogamous, Polygamous - Extended - Advantages and - disadvantages of each type - family. (c) Family life cycle – beginning, Expanding, contracting and Empty –nest. (d) Functions of the family (e) Roles and responsibilities of family Members (e.g. mother, father, Children, working mothers, single Parent etc. (f) Family relationship (e.g. husband and wife, parent/child, sibling/sibling, nuclear and extended families. (i) Factors affecting family Relationship, e.g. communication, Family values. (ii) The effect of these relations on Well being (iii) conflict and conflict resolution 2.2 Courtship and marriage (a) Types of marriage (b) Boy/Girl relationship – definition - traditional/custom - guidelines for healthy boy/girl relationship TOPIC CONTENT - problems of unhealthy boy/girl relationship - Consequences of Indiscriminate sexual Indulgence - sex education (c) Choosing a life partner (i) factors to consider when choosing a partner e.g. blood group, geno-type, HIV status. (ii) dating, courtship, engagement (d) Preparation for marriage, (i) Readiness – where to live, Maturity, finances (ii) Introduction to each other’s Family (e) Marriage Ceremony – Marriage Ceremony in different locality. 2.3 PARENTHOOD (a) Preparation for parenthood (i) Planning a family (ii) Reproduction (iii) Pregnancy (iv) Ante-natal care (b) Child birth (i) labour (ii) delivery (iii) post-natal care - Immunization (C) Parenting (i) meaning (ii) importance (iii) responsibilities - provision of needs - bathing TOPIC CONTENT 3. Feeding the family (i) cooking terms and methods (ii) flour and flour mixtures 3.1 Classes of food and food (iii) oking equipment, utensils and nutrients. Tables wares 3.2 Scientific study of good nutrients (iv) table setting and service 3.3 Effect of heat on nutrients
3.4 Special nutrition needs of infants, toddlers, adolescents, adults,pregnant women, lactating women the aged, convalescents invalids and vegetarians.
3.5 Foods storage and preservation.
3.6 Planning of balanced meals for different groups of people.
3.7 Kitchen plan, hygiene and safely.
3.8 Food purchasing
3.9 Preparation and serving of means, Snacks and beverages.
3.10 Entertainment
4. CLOTHING THE FAMILY Meaning, types, functions Origin of fibres 4.1 Clothing Classification of fibres/fabrics 4.2 Household linen Weaving, knitting, crocheting etc. 4.3 Textiles
4.4 Fabric construction 4.5 Planning a wardrobe (i) Simple garment repairs 4.6 Maintenance of clothing (ii) Laundry agents – water, 4.7 Sewing equipment and tools Detergents, fabric rinses, 4.8 Sewing processes Stiffening agents, bleaches 4.9 Storage of clothing (iii) Laundry equipment and tools (iv) Laundry work – management of the family wash Laundry Stains and stain removal Care of special garments (a) Definition of House
5. HOUSING THE FAMILY (b) Types of House e.g. storey building, bungalow, duplex etc 5.1 Family house (c) Classification of Houses e.g. traditional and modern (a) acquiring a house (i) Renting (ii) Mortgage (iii) Building (iv) Buying 5.2 Choosing family house (v) inheritance (vi) Gift (b) Factors influencing the choice of a house (i) Economic (ii) Social (iii) Psychological (iv) sites (v) ventilation in the house (vi) Design (c) Guideline for choosing a family house (a) Definition Difference between a home 5.3Setting up a home and a house (b) Equipment and furnishing in The Home Types - Large and small Equipment - Hard and soft Furnishing Fixture TOPIC CONTENT 5.4 Home Improvement/interior (a) meaning and importance Decoration (b) element and principles of art and design and their application (i) colours (ii) Textures (iii) Lines (iv) Proportion (v) Rythme etc. (c) Guidelines for interior decoration (d) Flower arrangements. 5.5 Utilities in the home (a) Water - Sources, uses Purification, storage (b) Light - electricity – meter reading, Electric bill (c ) Fuels - uses, storage, control, advantages, disadvantages. (i) cooking gas (ii) kerosene (iii) fire wood (iv) charcoal (v) electricity 5.6 Simple home maintenance and (a) cleaning agents and materials Repairs. - identification, preparation and use of local and commercial cleaning agents. (i) water (ii) soaps (iii) abrasives (iv) polishes (b) cleaning equipment and tools (c) care of surfaces - wood - tile - formica - concrete - plastic etc. (d) Care of floors/floor coverings/ Finishing - Carpets - Linoleums - Mats - Rugs - terrazzo - parquet etc (e) Care of home furnishing and ornaments - ceramics - metals - collage etc. (f) Cleaning of different functional areas in the home (g) Bed making 5.7 Safety measures in the home (a) importance (b) common accidents (c) prevention (d) use of first aid (a) Definition (b) Importance of sanitation (c) Waste disposal - House hold waste - Drainage system - Disposal methods - pollution and health hazards. (d) Household pests (i) Types (ii) Control 6. Wealth Creation and Management (a) Meaning (b) Importance 6.1 Creativity and Entrepreneurship (c ) Relationship between creativity and entrepreneurship (d) Entrepreneurial skills (i) Creativity (ii) Management (iii) Communication (e) Entrepreneurial Activities/ Enterprises (i) Fashion designing (ii) Hair dressing (iii) Fast Foods (iv) Bead making etc. 6.2 Money Management (a) Meaning (b) Guidelines (c) processes (d) Family budget – income Expenditure, steps in budgeting 6.3. Wealth Creation (a) Meaning (b) Types (c ) Advantages (d)Ways of creating wealth e.g. Saving, investment, trading etc. 6.4 Capital Market Investment (a) Meaning (b) Advantages (c) Guidelines (c) Investment opportunities e.g. Stocks, shares, treasury bill. 7. Consumer Education 7.1 Definition and Importance (a) sources Consumer education (b) Uses
7.2 Rights and responsibilities of a Consumer
7.3 Consumer Information (a) Types 7.4 Consumer Legislation and (b) Functions Agencies (c ) Regulations of agencies (a) Types 7.5 Principles of consumer (b) Functions Education 7.6 Consumer Agents
7.7 Environmental Friendly (a) (i) Market and market survey Consumption practice (ii) Meaning (iii) Types 7.8 Purchasing practices (iv) mportance (v)Procedures for market survey (b) Wise purchasing practices
READING TEXTS
Home Management by R.O. Johnson, A. Akingbehin and J. Mifie publishers: Longman
2. Home Management for secondary Schools Enid O’Reilly Wright & Lillian Adesimi – Davies Publishers – Evans Brothers Ltd.
3. Home Management for Secondary Schools 1-3by Mary Edna Aufani Joe, Oby Eyisi et al. Publishers- University Press Plc.
4. Home Management for Secondary Schools 1005 OQ & A Series by Elizabeth Anyakoha publisher-Fep Publisher Ltd.