How the JAMB syllabus is structured
Each JAMB subject has its own syllabus, broken into themes → topics → sub-topics. Each topic also lists the learning objective (what you should be able to do) and the recommended textbooks. JAMB only asks questions from listed sub-topics.
Use of English — high-leverage topics
- Comprehension and summary
- Lexis, structure and oral forms
- Sentence interpretation and antonyms/synonyms
- Reading passages — narrative and expository
Mathematics — core themes
- Number and numeration (indices, surds, logarithms)
- Algebraic processes (equations, inequalities, sequences)
- Geometry & trigonometry
- Calculus (differentiation, integration basics)
- Statistics & probability
Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
The science syllabi each split into roughly 10 themes. Use the JAMB syllabus to prioritise high-mark themes first (mechanics in Physics, organic chemistry in Chemistry, cell biology in Biology).
Arts & Social Sciences
- Government: basic concepts, Nigerian constitutional development, public administration, international relations
- Economics: basic concepts, production & consumption, public finance, international trade
- Literature in English: set texts (African and non-African prose, drama, poetry)
- CRS/IRS: set portions of scripture and history
Turn the syllabus into a study plan
- Print or save the syllabus for each subject.
- Tick every topic you can confidently teach to a friend.
- Schedule the unticked topics across the weeks you have left.
- Drill past questions on each topic as you finish it.