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SSS3 First Term Scheme of Work for Government
| LAGOS STATE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: UNIFIED SCHEMES OF WORK FOR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS | ||
| Government Scheme of Work for Senior Secondary Schools 3(SSS3) | ||
| Class | S.S.S 3 | |
| Subject | Government | |
| Term | First Term | |
| Week | Topic | Breakdown |
| THEME 6: POLITICAL CRISIS AND MILITARY RULE IN NIGERIA | ||
| 1 | 1. Federalism i. Origin of federalism in Nigeria. | 1. Emergence of federalism in Nigeria. 2. Factors that necessitate the formation of federalism. 3. Conferences organized by the colonial powers. |
| 2 | Nature and Structure of Nigerian Federalism | 1. Structure of Nigerian federalism. (i). Federalism before independence. (ii). 1960-1966 (iii). 1967-1975 (iv). 1976 to date. |
| 3 | Problems of Nigerian Federalism. – Revenue Allocation – Minority Issues And The Creation Of State. – Inter Ethnic Rivalry and issue of secession. | 1. The need for revenue allocation in a federal state 2. Revenue allocation formula in Nigeria. 3. Conflicts over each adopted revenue allocation formula. 4. The major and minor ethnic groups in Nigeria. 5. Reasons for the demand for more states. 6. Complexity and endless nature of the state creation. 7. Recommendation of Willinks commission. 8. Solution to minority problems in Nigeria. |
| 4 | Development of political parties in Nigeria. (i). Nigeria National Democratic Party. (NNDP). (ii). The Nigeria Youth Movement. (NYM) (iii). National Council of Nigeria and Cameron/Citizen. (NCNC). (iv). Action Groups (AG) (v). Northern People’s Congress (NPC) (vi). Northern Element Progressive Unions. (NEPU). | 1. Origin of the political parties. 2. Motives for the formation of AG, NPC and NEPU. 3. Organizational structure. 4. Sources of finance. 5. Objectives. 6. Performance. |
| 5 | (vii). National Party of Nigeria (NPN) (viii). Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) (ix). Nigeria’s People Party. (NPP). (x). Great Nigerian’s People Party (GNPP) (xi). People’s Redemption Party. (PRP). (xii). Nigerian Advance party. (NAP). | 1. Formation of NPN, UPN, NPP, GNPP, PRP, and NAP. 2. Organizational structure. 3. Source of finance. 4. Objectives. 5. Performances. |
| 6 | (xiii). Social Democratic Party. (SDP). (xiv). National Republican Convention (NRC). (xv). People’s Democratic Party. (PDP). (xvi). All Nigerian People’s Party. (ANPP) (xvii). Alliance for Democracy. (xviii). Action Congress (AC) and Small Political Parties. | 1. Formation of SDP, NRC, PDP, ANPP, AD, AC and other small parties. 2. Structural organization. 3. Sources of finance. 4. Objectives. 5. Performance. |
| 7 | Major Political Crisis in Nigeria. | 1. Political Crisis. (i). Kano riot 1953. (ii). Easter regions Constitution 1953. (iii). Census Crisis 1962/63. (iv). Action groups crisis 1962, 1961-1970 2. Electoral Crisis: (i). Federal election 1964. (ii). Western Nigeria election 1965. (iii). General election 1979. (iv). Executive Vs Legislative Crisis 1981 in Kaduna. (v). General election 1983. (vi). General election 1993. |
| 8 | Military rule in Nigeria. | 1. Military rule: (i). 1966-1975 (ii). 1975-1979. (iii). 1983-1985 (iv). 1985-1993. (v). 1993-1999. 2. Features. 3. Causes. 4. Consequences. 5. Structure. |
| 9 | Conflicts resolution and management. Peace Education. | 1. Conflicts. – Meaning. – Types. – Causes. – Consequences. 2. Conflict resolution. 3. Meaning of peace. 4. Mechanism for promoting peace. |
| 10 | The Interindependence of Nations and Globalization. Nigerian’s Foreign Policy. | 1. Inter-dependence of nations. 2. Community of nations. 3. Purpose of interaction. 4. Nigeria’s interaction; (i). Economic. (ii). Political. (iii). Social cultural. 5. Merits and demerits. 6. Factors affecting Nigeria’s foreign policy. 7. Aims and objectives of Nigeria’s foreign policy. 8. Nigeria’s foreign policy since independence. 9. Non-alignment. 10. Nigeria and nonalignment. |
| 11 | Revision | |
| 12 | Examination | |
SSS3 Second Term Scheme of Work for Government
| Term | Second Term | |
| Week | Topic | Breakdown |
| THEME 7: NIGERIA AND THE WORLD | ||
| 1 | International Organization. The United Nation Organization (UNO). | 1. International Organizations: (i). United Nations Organization (UNO). 2. Agencies of the UNO. (i). UNDP (ii). FAO (iii). UNESCO (iv). WHO. (v). UNICEF. 3. Aim and objectives. 4. Achievements. |
| 2 | The Organization of African Unity. (OAU)/AU African Union. | 1. International organization: OAU/AU. 2. Agencies of the OAU/AU. 3. Aims and objectives. 4. Achievements and failures. |
| 3 | The Commonwealth of Nations. | 1. International organization. – The commonwealth. 2. Organs of the commonwealth. 3. Aims and objectives. 4. Achievements and failure of the commonwealth. |
| 4 | The Economic community of West African States (ECOWAS). | 1. International organization.- ECOWAS. 2. Organs of ECOWAS. 3. Aims and objectives of ECOWAS. 4. Achievements and failures of ECOWAS. |
| 5 | Millennium Development Goals (MDG) | 1. Meaning. 2. MDG achieve by 2015. (i). Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. (ii). Achieve universal primary education. (iii). Promote gender equality and empower women. (iv). Reduce child mortality. (v). Improve maternal health. (vi). Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria. (vii). Ensure environmental sustainability. |
| 6 | New Economic Partnership for Economic Development (NEPAD). | 1. Meaning. 2. Aims and objectives. |
| 7 | E- Government. | 1. Meaning: use of computers or ICT in government business or activities. 2. Areas: – Nigerian immigration services . – Nigeria customs service. – Federal inland Revenue service. (FIRS). – JAMB, WAEC, NECO. 3. Other uses. – Website – E-mail – Network of offices. 4. Advantages and disadvantages. |
| 8 | Leadership and Followership. | 1. Leadership. 2. Followership. 3. Qualities. 4. Roles politics and government. |
| 9 | Revision and Examination | |
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