Social Studies

Understanding self-concept, self-esteem, innate capabilities, false identity, assertiveness, and the pathway toward self-discovery and actualization in Ghanaian society.

Puberty, physical and emotional changes, reproductive anatomy, risks of teenage pregnancy and STIs/HIV, chastity, and reproductive health rights under Ghanaian law.

Types of marriage in Ghana (Customary, Ordinance, Islamic), lineage systems (Matrilineal, Patrilineal), nuclear and extended family systems, and the Intestate Succession Law (PNDC Law 111).

Agents of socialization, material and non-material culture, positive and outmoded cultural practices, cultural dynamism, and fostering patriotic national values.

Atmospheric elements, weather recording instruments, tropical rainforest and savanna ecosystems, deforestation, bush burning, and illegal mining (galamsey).

Solid and liquid waste classification, plastic pollution, open defecation, diseases associated with poor sanitation, recycling, and the circular economy in Ghana.

Chapter 5 of the 1992 Constitution, civil, political, economic, and social rights, civic responsibilities, limitations of rights, and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ).

Definition and types of constitutions (written vs unwritten, rigid vs flexible), supremacy of the Constitution, principles of the Rule of Law (Dicey), and constitutionalism in Ghana.

Montesquieu's theory, the three organs of government (Executive, Legislature, Judiciary), their distinctive functions, checks and balances, and the hybrid system under the 1992 Constitution.

Features of representative democracy, free, fair, and transparent elections, the Electoral Commission of Ghana, political parties, voter apathy, and good governance indicators.

The institution of chieftaincy, hierarchy of chiefs, enstoolment and destoolment rites, National and Regional Houses of Chiefs, the Chieftaincy Act, and resolving chieftaincy disputes.

Formal, informal, and non-formal education, development of human capital, Free SHS policy, TVET, challenges in Ghana's educational sector, and the role of education in socio-economic transformation.

Definition of work, work ethics, factors affecting productivity in the Ghanaian workplace, negative work attitudes (tardiness, absenteeism, eye-service), and improving output.

Income sources, expenditure, budgeting, saving culture, investment vehicles (treasury bills, mutual funds, shares), avoiding Ponzi schemes, and mobile money security in Ghana.