BECE Edo Syllabus 2026/2027 & Textbooks

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The BECE Edo Syllabus 2026 (covering Nigerian languages, including Edo) for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (Junior WAEC) follows the National Examinations Council (NECO) curriculum. It focuses on assessing JSS3 students in 17 subjects, including Edo language, Mathematics, English, Basic Science, and Cultural & Creative Arts, to qualify them for senior secondary school.

Aims & Objectives

The BECE (Basic Education Certificate Examination) in Edo State, aligned with national NECO guidelines and the 9-year basic education curriculum, aims to assess students’ mastery of subjects, facilitate transition to senior secondary school, and evaluate knowledge application. Key objectives include fostering cognitive, practical, and affective skills across subjects like basic science, technology, and business studies to meet modern societal needs.

Marking Guide

The BECE Edo examination consists of two papers—Paper 1 and Paper 2. Each paper contains 60 multiple-choice questions and lasts one hour, making a total examination time of two hours.

Paper 1:
Sixty questions made up of two comprehension passages (5 questions each), composition (5), grammar (25), sound system/phonology (10), orthography (5), and translation (5).

Paper 2:
Sixty questions drawn from oral literature (15), prose I (5), prose II (5), drama I (5), drama II (5), poetry (5), and culture and tradition (20).

BECE Edo Syllabus 2026/2027

BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (BECE) EDO SYLLABUS
	L1
S/N	SUB-THEME	TOPIC	OBJECTIVES
1	LANGUAGE	I. Edo Orthography	Vbene Q kere ne a ya oren (ABIDI) Ola- Ola unu, Ola ihue Ikpo Ikpo. ngbawa.
		II. Comprehension	Different passages from textbooks written in Edo.
		III. Word formation	From verb to noun, igiemwi, kpolo ikpolo. elision. igiemwi ebe eva — Ebeva.
		IV. Sentence structure. conversion of statement to question	Ezanzan ifiemwe. Ificmwe ne a kun. Omwa rrie emwa (statement) > De omwa ne o rri emwa? (Question)
		V. Types of sentences	Present, past, future, subject and redicate
		VI. Correction of words and sentences	Uwala> Uwaila, Osaro» Osarro, Eyen khian kpa> Eyen hioro kpa.
		VII. Parts of speech	Eni. Ataeni, uta, uniauta, Arrilo. Usueni.
		VIN. Composition	Eleta na ‘ben, lexis and structure.
		IX. Pluralization of nouns and verbs	Okhuo> ikhuo. Okpia> ikpia. Deb dele.
		X. Syllable structure	Owebe 0-we-ebe. ta, Ota. aigbe, eguae.
		XI. Phonological conditioning of words	Borrowed words, igiemwi school esuku, Rev. Father efada.
		Xll. Sound System	Ikpo, Ola, Ola unu.
		XIIl. Elision	Igiemwi, omo-obo omobo, omo-erha omerhan, Ebe eva Ebeva.
		XIV. Vocabulary	Synonyms. igiemwi, Dele> kharha, heko feko, larre> gha> khian. Antonyms, igiemwi. nokhua> nekhere.
		XV. Translation	Either from Edo to English, or English to Edo. words and sentences.
2	LITERATURE	I. Drama I: EseikhQ	The drama •Eseikho• depicts the life of a poor boy named Eseikho. He lost his parents and his only brother. His brother committed suicide immediately after the death of their mother, Ekiomado.
		II. Drama Il -Owodo Part I	The drama Owodo Part I depicts the bravery of a man named Evian’. He saved the Benin traders from a wild animal
		III. Prose 1: Okha Edo Umaranmwe	The prose work •Umaranmwc’ depicts the lives of various animals and the operaions of the animal kingdom
		IV. Prose II: Idia Nokaokuo	The prose •Idia Nokaokuo ‘depicts the heroine Ida Idia’s Childhood, marriage to Ozolua and how she fought wars against various towns
		V. Poetry: Ekharha Edo (Poems in Edo) for schools and colleges	a. Ozo n’ Agbede b. Uwu rre egbe c. Okperhan d. Esughusughu e. Atalakpa f. Iya g. lyemwe h. Ohuan	o
3	CULTURE	I. Numerals Ikemwi-Edo)	(Okpa ya se arriasen eva
		II. Tradtional week and months; is relationship to economic life	Ede eken, uyi igue
		III. Family system	Nuclear and extended
		IV. Family salutation and its significance	Lamugum lagiesan, etc
		V. Traditional hierachy in village administration	Odionwere, ediqnwere, iroghae, igbama, etc
		VI. Title Taking	Oliha, Esama, etc
		VII. Ceremonies	Oronmwe. irorinmwi
		VIII. Festivals origin and use of iron-smiting	Igue Ada, Eben
		IX- (Proverbs)	Erokhi ma mie ebe e i rhule. Obo ne ovbokhan mu gbe okuta, uhunmwu o mue yan

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