Data Processing WAEC/SSCE
Data Processing WAEC/SSCE
Data Processing WAEC/SSCE
PREAMBLE
This examination syllabus is derived from the Senior Secondary School curriculum on Data
Processing published by the NERDC. It is designed to test basic knowledge and skills acquisition
in data processing. A conceptual approach was used in preparing the syllabus, considering areas
that would encourage the development of entrepreneurial skills for everyday living.
This syllabus is not a teaching syllabus. It is an examination syllabus. Teachers are therefore
advised to use the national teaching syllabus for the teaching-learning process.
EXAMINATION SCHEME
There will be two papers, Papers 1 and 2 both of which shall be taken as a composite paper at
one sitting.
PAPER 1: will consist of forty multiple-choice objective questions, all of which are to be
answered in 1 hour for 40 marks.
PAPER 2: will consist of two sections: Sections A and B. Candidates will be required to
answer five questions in all.
INFORMATION
AGE
1 i. Computing devices. Candidates should identify the
History of various computing devices
Computers since the beginning of
counting/computing.
ii. Concept of Number system in
computing. Should include the importance
of number system to
iii. Generations of Computer: computing.
first, second, third, fourth, fifth
generations of Relate each generation with its
computer. characteristic feature.
describe each generation
under the following: year of
development, basic
component/type of
technology, speed of
operation, storage
capacity/component.
BASIC
COMPUTING
3 Classify computers by: Type, Size,
Classification of Usage.
Computers
4 Application of ICT in i. Uses of ICT in everyday The use and areas of ICT
everyday life activities. application should be linked to
ii. Impact of ICT in the society. societal development.
TOOLS FOR
PROCESSING
INFORMATION
The table below shows the minimum requirement for a class of fifty candidates.