West African Examinations Council
WASSCE Civic Education · Paper 2 — Essay
Written answers, marked against a rubric.
8 exam-style questions, written to the West African Examinations Council format and free to read. The answers are here too — what they do not tell you is how many you would get right with a clock running.
1. (a) Define citizenship. [3 marks]
(b) State and explain five ways of acquiring Nigerian citizenship. [10 marks]
(c) Outline four duties of a citizen to the state. [7 marks]
2. (a) What are fundamental human rights? [3 marks]
(b) State and explain five fundamental rights guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution. [10 marks]
(c) Outline four circumstances under which these rights may lawfully be limited. [7 marks]
3. (a) What is a civil society organisation? [3 marks]
(b) State and explain five roles of civil society in a democracy. [10 marks]
(c) Outline four challenges facing civil society organisations in Nigeria. [7 marks]
4. (a) Define democracy. [3 marks]
(b) State and explain five features of a democratic government. [10 marks]
(c) Outline four obstacles to the practice of democracy in Nigeria. [7 marks]
5. (a) Define drug abuse. [3 marks]
(b) State and explain five causes of drug abuse among Nigerian youths. [10 marks]
(c) Outline four measures to control drug abuse in schools. [7 marks]
6. (a) Explain the term rule of law. [4 marks]
(b) State and explain five principles of the rule of law. [10 marks]
(c) Outline three factors that limit the rule of law in Nigeria. [6 marks]
Reading these is not the same as sitting them.
Every question above is answerable given time. The exam does not give you time. Sit the whole paper on the real clock and the number you get back is the one that means something.
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