THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

ACCRA

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011 WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL

CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (WASSCE)

NOTES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES

Please read these instructions carefully before proceeding to register for the examination.

Registration for the examination is online for private candidates.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WEBSITE FOR THE ONLINE REGISTRATION IS:

registration.ghanawaec.org

NO ENTRY AND SUBJECT CARDS ARE REQUIRED.

Open the registration website registration.ghanawaec.org

Select link to November/December WASSCE.
Click on START REGISTRATION HERE.
Fill in the required security information data, i.e. password, security question, etc.
Fill in your personal information.
Select your Region and then Centre where you wish to take the examination.
Upload your image (recent passport-size photograph with a white background) and
your signature (written in blue or black ink).
Select the subject(s) you intend to write.
Print your voucher and send to any of the banks listed in 15.
Pay the appropriate fees at the bank and obtain your PIN/Invoice Number.
You will use your PIN/Invoice Number to access your Index Number and Admission
Notice from 1st August 2011.

NOTE THAT YOUR REGISTRATION IS NOT VALID TILL YOU PAY THE
APPROPRIATE FEE(S).

1. ELIGIBILITY

The November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examination is open

to private candidates.

2. DATES FOR THE EXAMINATION

The examination will start on 5th September and end on 10th October 2011. Access the
Timetable by clicking on the Timetable icon on the website. Carefully study it for your
guidance in the choice of subjects.

NOTE: English Language 3 (Oral) will be written on Tuesday, 6th

September, 2011 at 9.00a.m.

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3. ENTRY PERIOD AND SUBMISSION OF ENTRY DOCUMENTS

The schedule for the acceptance of entries is as below:

1st February – 29th April 2011(16.00 GMT)…Normal registration and payment

30th April - 31st May…………………………Penalty registration and payment

Completed Declaration Forms and entry Summary are to be submitted personally,

together with the Pro-forma for Oral/Practical/Project Work (for candidates offering
such subjects only) to any of The West African Examinations Council offices.

NO SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPES ARE REQUIRED.

3.1 GREATER ACCRA REGION

(1) ACCRA

Sakyi Asare-Menako Hall, Switchback Road, Cantonments, opposite Parks and

Gardens. Tel: 0302-686007

(2) TEMA

WAEC Examinations Hall, Community 5, near the Children’s Park, Tema.

Tel: 0302-686007

3.2 ASHANTI REGION

WAEC Branch Office, Amakom, Kumasi.

Tel: 03220-26064

3.3 EASTERN REGION

WAEC Branch Office (Old Estate Road), Koforidua

Tel: 03420-20075

3.4 CENTRAL REGION

WAEC Branch Office (Mpeasem), Cape Coast

Tel: 03320-32878

3.5 WESTERN REGION

WAEC Branch Office (near the Regional Coordinating Council), Sekondi

Tel: 03120-46041

3.6 BRONG AHAFO REGION

WAEC Branch Office (behind the Ghana Legion Office), Sunyani

Tel: 03520-27016

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3.7 VOLTA REGION

WAEC Branch Office (opposite the State Construction Corporation, Accra Road), Ho
Tel: 03620-28254

3.8 NORTHERN REGION

WAEC Branch Office (near GNAT Hostel, Choggu), Tamale

Tel: 03720-23092

3.9 UPPER EAST REGION

WAEC Branch Office (Soe Residential Area, near Catering Rest House), Bolgatanga
Tel: 03820-23232

3.10 UPPER WEST REGION

WAEC Branch Office (near Lananyeri Cluster of Schools, Kuneiahie Road), Wa

Tel: 03920-22278

4. INDEX NUMBER

Your 10-digit Index Number will be generated by the office and may be accessed on-
line from 1st August 2011 using your PIN/Invoice Number.

5. CANDIDATE’S NAME

Candidates should ensure that their names are properly entered.

(a) SURNAME should be entered first, followed by the FIRST NAME and then
the MIDDLE NAME (if any).
(b) Full name should not exceed twenty-five (25) characters.

For example: OBIRI-YEBOAH JONATHAN KWASI should be entered as

O B I R I - Y E B O A H J O N A T H A N K

(c) Candidates with hyphenated names should ensure that the hyphen is properly
indicated.

NB: Candidate’s surname and first name should be written in full.

6. DATE OF BIRTH

Candidates should ensure that their correct date of birth is entered.

E-MAIL ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Candidates should ensure that they provide e-mail and telephone numbers that are
active. The Council will correspond with candidates via the e-mail and telephone
numbers, specifically mobile phone numbers they provide.

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WAEC WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY WRONG DATA.

7. EXAMINATION CENTRES

The centres for the examination are as listed below:

(a) GREATER ACCRA

Achimota (e) ASHANTI
Adabraka Atonsu
Cantonments Santasi
Dansoman Kwadaso
Kokomlemle Amakom
Madina Old Tafo
Mamprobi Obuasi
Tema Konongo
Mampong-Ashanti
(b) EASTERN
Koforidua (f) BRONG AHAFO
Akim Oda Sunyani
Akropong Akwapim Techiman
Nkawkaw
Nsawam
Somanya (g) VOLTA
Ho
(c) CENTRAL Akatsi
Cape Coast Anloga
Agona Swedru Hohoe
Winneba
Apam (h) NORTHERN
Kasoa Tamale
Damongo
Yendi
(d) WESTERN
Sekondi (i) UPPER EAST
Takoradi Bolgatanga
Tarkwa Navrongo

(j) UPPER WEST

NB: The Council reserves the right to re-direct candidates to other centres if
there are not enough entries for any particular centre or if there are more
candidates at a centre than can be accommodated there.

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8. EXAMINATION SUBJECTS

You are required to select the subjects you wish to register for. Please note that you are
allowed a maximum of four core subjects and four elective subjects. There are no
compulsory subjects.

(a) Core Subjects

Social Studies
English Language
Mathematics
Integrated Science

(b) Elective Subjects

AGRICULTURE
General Agriculture
Animal Husbandry
Crop Husbandry and Horticulture
Fisheries
Forestry

BUSINESS
Business Management
Clerical Office Duties
Financial Accounting
Principles of Cost Accounting
Typewriting (40wpm)

TECHNICAL
Applied Electricity
Auto Mechanics
Building Construction
Electronics
Metalwork
Technical Drawing
Woodwork

VOCATIONAL
Clothing & Textiles
Foods & Nutrition
Management-In-Living
Basketry
Ceramics
General Knowledge-In-Art
Graphic Design
Jewellery

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 Leatherwork
Picture Making
Sculpture
Textiles

GENERAL
Christian Religious Studies
Economics
Geography
Government
History
Islamic Religious Studies
Literature In English
French
Dagaare
Dagbani
Dangme
Ewe
Fante
Ga
Gonja
Kasem
Nzema
Twi (Akuapem)
Twi (Asante)
Mathematics (Elective)
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Music

Orals/Practicals/Project Work

Candidates offering subjects with Oral/Practical/Project work component are expected to

complete the PROFORMA ON PAGE 15.
The subjects involved are:

1. \English Language (Core) 12. *Basketry

2. \French 13. *Ceramics
3. +Music 14. *Graphic Design
4. +Woodwork 15. *Jewellery
5. +Metalwork 16. *Leatherwork
6. +Applied Electricity 17. *Picture Making
7. +Electronics 18. *Sculpture
8. +Auto Mechanics 19. *Textiles
9. +Clothing and Textiles
10. +Foods and Nutrition
11. +General Knowledge in Art

* Subjects with project work component

+Subjects with practical component

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 \ Subjects with oral component

NOTE: Candidates offering Biology, Chemistry, Physics, General

Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Crop Husbandry, Fisheries
and Forestry will take the Test of Practical work.

9. PROJECT/PRACTICAL TESTS /FRENCH ORAL

Candidates offering subjects under the Technical and Vocational programmes and
Music will take the actual practical tests in those subjects.

Candidates offering Foods and Nutrition, Clothing and Textiles, Music and Oral French
should study the timetable carefully to enable them collect the programmes/question
papers as appropriate.

No further notification to candidates will be made and candidates should be

guided accordingly.

10. CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Candidates should note that there will be no Continuous Assessment component for the
examination.

11. WITNESSING OF THE DECLARATION FORM

The following categories of people are eligible to witness the Declaration Form
(Form D1):

(1) Head of a recognized public Senior High School, Technical Institution or

Training College;
(2) District Director of Education and above;
(3) A Judge/Solicitor/Barrister;
(4) A qualified Registered Medical Practitioner (Herbalists and Traditional Doctors
are not accepted);
(5) A Senior Civil Servant (Principal Executive Officer and above);
(6) A Commissioned Officer of the rank of Major in the Ghana Armed Forces, or
equivalent in the Police Service, Prisons Service, Fire Service, Immigration
Service and Customs, Excise & Preventive Service.
CAUTION:

The Declaration Form (Form D1) should be completed and signed only by the
bona fide candidate for the examination in the presence of the witness.
Any other person who completes and signs the Declaration may render himself/herself
liable to prosecution. (Witnesses may be prosecuted for any false declaration they
make in respect of their status or of the candidate’s identity).

NOTE: DECLARATION FORMS WITNESSED BY PERSONS WHO DO

NOT QUALIFY BY THE ABOVE CATEGORIZATION WILL
BE REJECTED AND THE CANDIDATES CANNOT WRITE THE

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12. BARRED CANDIDATES

Barred candidates who register for the examination before the expiration of their
sanction shall receive no results and any fees paid shall be forfeited.

13. FEES

(1) Entry Fee

The entry fee per candidate is GH¢6.00

(2) Subject Fees

The subject fees are as follows:

6 or more subjects … … GH¢77.00

5 subjects … … … GH¢74.00
4 subjects … … … GH¢70.00
3 subjects … … … GH¢65.00
2 subjects … … … GH¢60.00
1 subject … … … GH¢54.00

(3) Fees for Oral/Practical/Project Work

Candidates who offer subjects with oral/practical/project work component will

pay additional fees as follows:

GH¢17.50 per subject for Practical

GH¢17.50 per subject for Project Work
GH¢9.00 per subject for Oral

(4) Correction of Entries

After submission of entries candidates who wish to make any change(s)

between 1st February and 29th April, 2011 will pay the following charges:

GH¢15.00 plus Practical/Project Work/Oral fee where applicable for

correction of centre name, date of birth, address, picture or substitution of
subject.
For addition of subject(s) fees as stated in 14(2) and 14(3) above.

(5) Penalty Fees

Entries made between 1st and 31st May, 2011 will attract the following:
(a) Late Entry: One and half (1½) times the total entry fee;
(b) Substitution of Subject(s): One and half (1½) times the subject(s) fee
indicated in 13(2) and 13(3) above;
(c) Addition of Subject(s): Twice the subject(s) fee as indicated in 13(2) and

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 13(3) above;
(d) Correction of name, date of birth, address, picture, signature or
substitution of subject(s): GH¢30.00.

14. LIST OF PARTICIPATING BANKS

Candidates may pay their e-registration fees at any branch of the following banks:

(1) Prudential Bank

(2) Ecobank
(3) The Trust Bank (TTB)
(4) Amalgamated Bank (Amal Bank)
(5) International Commercial Bank (ICB)
(6) Zenith Bank
(7) United Bank of Africa (UBA)
(8) Uni Bank
(9) Intercontinental Bank
(10) Ghana Commercial Bank (only for Eastern, Volta, Northern, Upper East and
West regions).

15. REFUND OF FEES

Fees once paid are not refundable. However, when a notice of withdrawal of
candidature is received within one month after the close of entries and the reasons for
withdrawal are satisfactory to the Head of National Office (HNO), she may grant a
refund of the total fee paid less 15% for administrative expenses.

16. REQUEST FOR RE-MARKING

Request for remarking should be received not later than two months after the release of
results. Any candidate who makes such a request will pay the appropriate fee.

17. DISPOSAL OF SCRIPTS

Scripts will be disposed of three (3) months after the release of results.

NO QUERIES WILL THEREFORE BE ENTERTAINED AFTER THIS PERIOD.

HEAD OF NATIONAL OFFICE

WAEC, ACCRA
January, 2011

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 NOTES

1. DIFFERENCE IN TIME ON THE QUESTION PAPER AND TIMETABLE

Where the duration indicated on the question paper differs from that on the timetable, the
one on the question paper should be followed.

2. QUESTION PAPERS TO BE GIVEN OUT IN ADVANCE OF THE DATES THE

PAPERS ARE TO BE TAKEN

(1) General Knowledge-In-Art Paper 2

The question paper for General Knowledge-In-Art Paper 2 will be given to

candidates on 25th August 2011. The actual composition will be executed in the
examination room on the date indicated on the timetable.

(2) Visual Arts/Project Work Papers (Paper 3)

The project work question papers for Basketry, Graphic Design, Leatherwork,
Ceramics, Sculpture, Picture Making, Textiles and Jewellery should be collected
by candidates on 22nd June, 2011 from the WAEC Branch Office located in the
region in which the candidate will take the examination. The finished project
work should be submitted to the same Branch Office not later than 22nd October,
2011.

3. EXTRA TIME FOR BLIND CANDIDATES

Blind candidates are to be allowed one and half (1½) times the time allotted to other
candidates.

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 THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
P.O. BOX 917
ACCRA
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011 WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL
CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

PRO-FORMA FOR ORAL/PRACTICAL/PROJECT WORK SUBJECTS

NB: This form MUST be completed by candidates registering for subjects with
ORAL/PRACTICAL/PROJECT WORK component.

Invoice Number: ………………………………… Examination Centre: ……………………

Surname: ……………………….. …………Other Names: …………………………………….
Reliable Postal Address:…………………………………………………………………………..
ReliableTel Number ……………………………………………………………..
Reliable e-mail Address: …………………………………………………………
Listed below are Oral/Practical/Project work subjects.
Please tick ( ) against the subject(s) entered for:

SUBJECT TICK
French
Applied Electricity
Auto Mechanics
Electronics
Metalwork
Woodwork
Clothing and Textiles
Foods and Nutrition
General Knowledge in Art
Basketry
Ceramics
Graphic Design
Jewellery
Leatherwork
Picture Making
Sculpture
Textiles
Music

……………………………………… ………………………….
SIGNATURE DATE

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 DECLARATION BY CANDIDATES
FORM D1

I ………………………………………………………………………
have read the rules and regulations governing the conduct of STAPLE
the examination and I have agreed to be bound by them. RECENT
PASSPORT
I hereby accept that the Council shall apply the relevant PHOTOGRAPH
penalties to me in case of a breach of any of the rules and HERE
regulations, including those concerning mobile phones and
other communication devices.

…………………………………………………… ……………………….......................
NAME OF EXAMINATION INVOICE NUMBER

………………………………………………………………………………………………………
NAME OF CANDIDATE

……………………………….. ………………………..
SIGNATURE DATE

………………………………………………………… ………………………………..
NAME OF WITNESS SIGNATURE OF WITNESS

STATUS AND ADDRESS OF WITNESS: ………………………………………………….

NB: * This form should be completed and signed by only the

bona fide candidate for the examination in the presence of the witness.
* A recent passport photograph endorsed at the back and
stamped at the bottom half of the photograph should be stapled.
in the box above.
* Witnesses may be prosecuted for any false declaration they make in respect of their status
or the candidate’s identity.

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THE WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (WASSCE)

LIST OF PRESCRIBED TEXTS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE (CORE) PAPER 2

NOV/DEC 2011

1. PROSE
One of the following texts should be studied:

(i) R. L. Stevenson - Treasure Island

(ii) Kaakyire Akosomo Nyantakyi - The Ancestral Sacrifice

2. DRAMA
One of the following texts should be studied:

(i) William Shakespeare - Julius Caesar

(ii) Ola Rotimi - The gods are not to blame

3. POETRY
One of the following sets of poems should be selected for detailed study:

(a) NON-AFRICAN POETRY

(i) Thomas Hardy - “The Duel”
(ii) Walter de La Mare - “The Listeners”
(iii) Edwin Muir - “The Castle”
(iv) D. H. Lawrence - “Bat”
(v) Wilfred Owen - “Anthem for Doomed Youth”

(b) AFRICAN POETRY

(i) Gabriel Okara - “New Year’s Eve Midnight”
(ii) David Diop - “Your Presence”
(iii) Kwesi Brew - “A Plea for Mercy”
(iv) Kofi Awoonor - “Rediscovery”
(v) Ladé Worsonu - “The Master Brewer”

RECOMMENDED ANTHOLOGIES CONTAINING THE ABOVE SET POEMS:

1. M. Wollman (ed) - Twentieth Century Poets

2. E. W. Parker - A Pageant of Longer Poems
3. Michael Roberts - The Faber Book of Modern Verse
Revised by Peter Porter (4th ed)
4. Gerald Moore - Modern Poetry from Africa
5. Ladé Worsonu - Journey without End and
Other poems
NB.

(1) POETRY (OBJECTIVE) (PAPER 1)

Candidates are required to study Either: 3a (A set of 5 Non-African Poems)

Or: 3b (A set of 5 African Poems)

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(2) DRAMA & PROSE (Essay) (PAPER 2)

One Drama text in addition to one Prose text must be studied.

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 LIST OF SET TEXTS FOR THE WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL
CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (WASSCE)

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH (2011 – 2015)

PAPERS 3 & 1: PROSE AND OBJECTIVE TEST

PAPER 3

SECTION A: AFRICAN PROSE

One of the following texts shall be studied:

(i) Adichie Chimananda Ngozi: Purple Hibiscus

(ii) Asare Konadu: A Woman In Her Prime

SECTION B: NON-AFRICAN PROSE

One of the following texts shall be studied:

(i) William Golding: Lord of the Flies

(ii) Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea

PAPER 1 (Objective)

William Shakespeare: The Tempest.

PAPER 2: DRAMA AND POETRY

SECTION A: AFRICAN DRAMA

One of the following texts shall be studied:

(i) Femi Osofisan: Women of Owu

(ii) Kobina Sekyi: The Blinkards

SECTION B: NON-AFRICAN DRAMA

One of the following texts shall be studied:

(i) Bernard Shaw: Arms and the Man

(ii) Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest

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SECTION C: AFRICAN POETRY

The following poems shall be studied:

(i) Oswald Mtshali: “Boy on a swing”

(ii) Umeh P.O.C.: “Ambassadors of Poverty”
(iii) Lenrie Peters “The Fence”
(iv) Sola Owonibi: “Homeless Not Hopeless”
(v) Sly Cheney-Coker: “Myopia”
(vi) Jared Angira: “Expelled”

RECOMMENDED POETRY ANTHOLOGIES CONTAINING THE

SET POEMS

(a) Poems of Black Africa, edited by Wole Soyinka HEBN 1975

(b) A Selection of African Poetry: Introduced and Annotated by E. K.
Senanu and T. Vincent (Longman), 1996
(c) West African Verse: An Anthology chosen and Annotated by
D.I. Nwoga Pearson Ed. Ltd. 1967
(d) New Poetry from Africa: Johnson et al University Press Plc. 1966
(e) Rhythm of Conscience: A Collection of Poems: P.O.C. Umeh
Baliek Publishers Ltd. 2005
(f) New Poetry from Africa: By R. Johnson, D. Ker, C. Maduka,
O. Obafemim, University Press Plc. 1996
(g) Any Other Anthology containing the set poems

SECTION D: NON-AFRICAN POETRY

The following poems shall be studied:

(i) John Donne: “The Sunne Rising”

(ii) Walter Raleigh: “The Soul’s Errand”
(iii) Langston Hughes: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
(iv) Wilfred Owen: “Strange Meeting”
(v) John Fletcher: “Upon an Honest Man’s Fortune”
(vi) William Wordsworth: “Daffodils”

RECOMMENDED POETRY ANTHOLOGIES CONTAINING THE

SET POEMS

(a) The Penguin Book of English Verse, edited by John Hayward

(Penguin Books Ltd England). Reprinted 1968
(b) The Golden Treasury of Longer Poems, selected and edited by
Ernest Rhys (J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd). Reprinted 1962
(c) Crossing: A Senior Poetry Anthology, selected and introduced by
Anne Marie in Marie Heywood 9Macmillan). 1998
(d) English Romantic Verse: edited by Wright, Penguin Books. 1987
(e) Touched With Fire: An Anthology of Poems complied by Jack
Hades
(f) The Oxford Anthology of English Literature edited by F. Kermode

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J. Hollander, Oxford University Press 1973
(g) Voices The third book. Edited by G. Summer Field. Penguin ED.
Books 1971
(h) An Introduction to Literature Barnet et al Harper Collins College
Publishers. Tenth Edition.
(i) A Pageant of Longer Poems edited by E. W. Parker Longman
group Ltd.
London 1971
(g) Any Other Anthology containing the set poems.

GENERAL REFERENCE TEXTS

F. A. Pritchard - A Harvest of Literary Terms. Extension Publications Ltd. Ibadan

S. H. Burton - African Poetry in English (An Introduction in Practical Criticism)
C.J.H. Chacksfield (Macmillan)
Isidore Okpewho - The Heritage of African Poetry (Longman)
Ian Milligan - The Novel in English, An Introduction (Methuen)
Michael Etherton - The Development of African Drama (Methuen)
Miller and Greenberg - Poetry: An Introduction, Macmillan, 1986
Adrian A. Roscoe - Mother is Gold; A Study in West African Literature

R. N. Egudu - The Study of Poetry (University Press Ltd.)

F. S. Olafimihan - Comprehensive Approach to English Literature
C. O. Williams - Evans Brothers (Nig. Publishers Limited)
M. J. Murphy - Understanding Unseens: An Introduction of English Poetry and
the English Novel for Overseas Students (G. Allen and Unwin Ltd.)
Benedicta Mbanuzue - Sunrise in Africa, Springfield Publishers Ltd 2006
Eustace Palmer - An Introduction to the Novel
Eustace Palmer - Studies on the English Novel (A.U.P)
E. N. Obiechina - Culture, Tradition and Society in the West African Novel
(Cambridge)
Annemarie Heywood (ed) Crossing; A Senior Poetry Anthology (Macmillan)
Figuerda John (ed) - An Anthology of African and Carribean
Writing in English (Heinemann Educational Books.) London, 1982
Goodwin Ken - Understanding African Poetry: A study of Ten Poets
Anmor Charles - Contemporary Literature in Ghana 1911 – 1996
A Critical Evaluation. (Woelli Publication) Accra. 1996
Agbo Areo - A Paradise for the Masses Bounty Press Ltd. 2004
Adiela Onyedibia - Us’utu: Child of War
Priebe R. et al - Ghanaian Literature (Greenwood). New York 1996
Roscoe Adrian - A Study in West African Literature, (Cambridge University Press)
London. 1997
Ogungbesan Kolawole (ed) New West African Literature (Heinemann) London, 1979
Robert Fraser - An Introduction to West African Literature, (Cambridge University
Press)London. 1993
Ifeanyi Ifeogbuna - Chasing Shadows Moorhen Books, 2005
Taiwo Lladele - An Introduction to West African Literature, (Thomas Nelson and
Sons Ltd.) Lagos. 1985
Chinweizu Onwuchekwa Towards the Decolonization of African Fiction and Poetry and

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 their Critics (K.P.I) London, 1980
Dathorne O. R. - African Literature in the Twentieth Century (Heinemann) London,
1987
Gunner, Elizabeth - A Handbook for Teaching African Literature (Heinemann)
London, 1987
Irele, Abiola - The African Experience in Literature and Ideology (Heinemann)
London, 1987
Lindfors. Bernth - Black African Literature in English 1987 – 1991 (Hanzel) London,
1995
Jones. Eldred Durosimi African Literature Today: Retrospect and Prospect (Heinemann)
London, 1979
Palmer. Eustace - The Growth of the African Novel
Anao Onome - Lions at War Kraft Books Ltd. 1999
Gesiere Brisibe-Dorgu A Steady Slide Literary Vistas Ltd., Abuja, 2008
Usman Balarabe Aliyu Eye for Order Niger State Printing & Publishing Company, Minna,
2008

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 DIRECTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Report to the Supervisor of the Examination Hall at least thirty minutes before the time
shown for the paper. The timetable shows the time actual writing begins but you will be
allowed five minutes at the beginning of each paper to complete your particulars on the
front cover of the answer booklet. You are not to write anything in the answer booklet
during this period. The time allocated for reading through question papers or studying
maps, etc., is included in the total time allowed for the papers unless the rubric states
otherwise.

2. If you arrive more than 30 minutes late you will be required to give a satisfactory reason
to the Supervisor otherwise you will not be allowed to take the examination. You will
not be allowed to leave the examination room until at least 30 minutes after the start of
the examination.

3. Write your full index number, your name, title of the paper and the date of examination
clearly on every answer booklet, supplementary sheet, loose maps, graph sheet (paper)
and any other paper which you may use.

4. If an examination paper for which you have not entered is handed to you or if the
question indicates that a map or other materials should also have been given out, but you
have not received them, raise your hand immediately and inform the Supervisor or
Invigilator when he comes to see you.

5. Read the general directions that precede the questions very carefully. You will not gain
extra marks if you answer more than the number of questions you are asked to answer.
Much time may be wasted in writing down information not asked for.

6. Write on both sides of the paper unless the instructions on the question paper prohibit this
and leave a margin at both right-hand and left-hand edges. Leave two lines between
answers where these are sub-sections to the same question. Begin the answer to each full
question on a fresh page. Do not leave blank pages between answers.

7. You must do all rough work in your answer booklet. (You will not be given any paper
for that purpose and, of course, you should not bring any rough work paper with you into
the examination room). When you finish the rough work, cross it out neatly. You will
not lose marks for doing rough work in your answer book.

8. Write the number of the question clearly at the beginning of each answer. If the question
has sub-sections show these also clearly. Do not copy the question.
Be careful to use the same system of numbering as that on the question paper.

9. Remember that grammar, punctuation and spelling will be taken into account. Write
your answers with pen. You may use a fountain pen or a good ball-point pen, but pencils
may be used only for diagrams and for multiple choice objective tests.

10. Bring mathematical and drawing instruments, mathematical and statistical tables for

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 Mathematics and Science subjects and Technical Drawing. If you are offering Art or
Technical Drawing or Typewriting, you must bring your own brushes and colours or
drawing board, or typewriter for the examination.

11. Do not write so much on one or two questions that you leave yourself no time to answer
others which you must answer. No marks are given for irrelevant answers.

12. If you decide to leave the examination room before the end of the period allotted to the
paper, you must not take your question paper away with you; you must return it with your
script to the Supervisor. You may, however, go back at the end of the period to collect
your question paper.

13. As soon as you are told that time is up, arrange your papers in the order in which you
have answered the questions, ensure that your answer booklet and all supplementary
sheets have your full index number and name written on them, fasten them together
securely with string at the top left-hand corner. Stay in your place until your script has
been collected and you are told to leave.

CAUTION

14. Do not leave your answers in such a position that another candidate can read them.

15. No communication whatsoever will be allowed between candidates in the examination

room.

16. Any candidate who is detected giving or attempting to obtain unfair assistance, or who is
otherwise detected in any dishonesty whatsoever, will be reported to the Council for
appropriate action.

17. If it is discovered that candidates have either copied from other candidates or given
opportunity to other candidates to copy from them or communicated dishonestly with
other candidates, their papers will be cancelled.

18. Candidates whose examination results have been cancelled for resorting to dishonest
means may be refused re-entry to future examinations.

19. All candidates must submit themselves to searching by the Supervisor or the Council’s
representative before entering the examination hall. Candidates are not permitted to have
in their desks or in their possession, while in the examination room, any book,
memorandum or pocket-book, notes or papers whatsoever, except the correct question
paper given out by the Supervisor/Invigilator in the examination room. Candidates using
slide rules and mathematical instruments as permitted by the regulations must see to it
that any information (formulae or other data) shown on them is securely covered up. The
slide rules and instrument boxes must be shown to the Supervisor before being used.

20. Candidates should not take any used or unused writing paper out of the Examination
Room. Candidates who disregard this caution are liable to the same penalty as those who
may be detected for dishonesty. Supervisors and Invigilators have been authorized to
search candidates both before they enter and before they leave the examination room if
they have reason to suspect that candidates are carrying prohibited materials.

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21. Candidates guilty of disorderly conduct or causing disturbance in or near the examination
room are liable to be expelled from the examination room.

22. The Council reserves the right to cancel the results of candidates if it believes that they
have been involved in irregularities before, during or after the examination.
23. It is a criminal offence, punishable by law, to engage in any examination malpractice
WAEC Act 719 (2006). You are hereby requested to comport yourself strictly in
accordance with the regulations bearing in mind that in addition to having your
examination results cancelled you may be prosecuted in court.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING OBJECTIVE TEST PAPERS

These instructions should be carefully followed by candidates taking Objective Tests.

24. You are required to bring into the examination room a pencil sharpener, an eraser and a
ruler. 2B pencils will be supplied to candidates in the examination room.

25. You must write your full index number and name in ink on the question paper as required
by the instructions on the question paper.

26. All index numbers and answers must be shaded in pencil. Under no circumstance should
pens of any type be used to shade index numbers and answers. The scoring machine can
only read pencil marks; it is therefore necessary that you use only 2B pencil in recording
your index number and answers on the objective answer sheet.

27. To record your index number, you must re-shade carefully the machine shading of your
index number on your objective answer sheet. An example has been given on the cover
page of each question paper and this must be closely followed. The shading should cover
the full width and length of the response position. The answer sheets are pre-printed with
candidates’ names and index numbers, and you should make sure that you have the
correct answer sheet which bears your index number and name.

28. Answer spaces must be shaded as shown below for C.

=A= =B= =C= =D= =E=

Note that the answer space has been shaded completely; note also that the shading does
not continue beyond the two lines. Failure to shade the answer space as shown may
result in loss of marks.

Candidates should find no difficulty in making suitable marks if they sharpen their 2B
pencils to a fine point, and then rub the point gently on some scrap paper to make it
slightly blunt. If a candidate finds genuine difficulty in making suitable marks as
described above, it is better to over-mark, than to under-mark.

Note that the computer manufacturers state “No mark should extend more than one-
sixteenth of an inch beyond the edges or ends of the mark positions”.

29. You must shade one and only one answer space for each question. Candidates should
note that marking two responses to one question automatically gives them no score for
the question. Therefore if you shade an answer space in error, erase the wrong shading
completely and shade the correct answer space. If a candidate makes a poor erasure, and

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 substitutes a new answer, there is the danger that the computer will read the erasure as a
mark and give no score.

30. Under no circumstance should the answer sheet be folded or crumpled or damaged. The
computer will reject such answer sheets.
31. Candidates are further asked to note that since The West African Examinations Council
processes over three million answer sheets per year, it is quite impossible for each one to
be given individual human scrutiny. It is therefore the clear responsibility of the
candidate to complete his Objective Answer Sheet exactly as described in these
instructions.

SPECIAL WARNING ON STARTING AND ENDING A PAPER

32. When question papers are given out, no candidate should start work before the order to
start is given. Furthermore, when the “stop work” order is given, candidates should
immediately put down their pens or pencils.

Any candidate found working on a paper before the order to start work is given or
found still writing when the order to stop work is given, committees
an irregularity and will be penalized accordingly.

SPECIAL WARNING ON CENTRE ARRANGEMENT

33. Candidates must present their Admission Notices at the Centre assigned to them.
Candidates who do not present their Admission Notices may not be allowed to write the
examination.

34. Candidates must write the examination at centres assigned to them by WAEC only.
Candidates who write the examination at centres not assigned them may not get their
result(s) in those papers.

SPECIAL WARNING ON THE USE OF CALCULATORS

35. Programmable calculators are not permitted for the examination.

SPECIAL WARNING ON MOBILE PHONES

36. Under no circumstance should mobile phones be brought into the examination hall.

OFFENDERS WILL BE PENALIZED SEVERELY.

HEAD OF NATIONAL OFFICE

WAEC, ACCRA
JANUARY, 2011

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