Week 1 and 2 – Jss 3 Second Term Civic Education Notes

TERM:    2^ND TERM
SUBJECT:    CIVIC EDUCATION
CLASS:    JSS 3
SCHEME OF WORK

1. WEEKS             TOPICS
2. Revision of Last Term’s Work
3. Voter Education
   1. Meaning of voting
   2. Voters Registration and related rules
4. Voter education
   1. Process of voting
   2. Importance of voting
5. Election
   1. Meaning
   2. Importance of election
6. Electoral Bodies in Nigeria
   1. INEC, SIEC
   2. Composition and roles
7. Free & Fair Elections
   1. Meaning
   2. Importance
8. Electoral malpractice
   1. Meaning & Forms
   2. Causes
   3. Ways of preventing electoral malpractice
9. Planning for results
   1. Need for planning
   2. Benefits
   3. Consequences of not planning
10. The current Nigerian constitution
    1. Meaning
    2. Sources of Nigerian constitution
11. The current Nigerian
    1. Constitution
    2. Features
    3. Functions
12. 12 & 13            Test & Examination

WEEK ONE
TOPIC: Reviewed of last Term’s work

 Teacher Review last Term work with the students and corrected them where necessary.

 WEEK TWO

TOPIC: VOTER EDUCATION

CONTENT:
Voter’s education is a process of teaching, training and learning about a political activity that will guide the electorates before, during and after the election in a country.

Voting

Voting in its widest meaning is an act of choosing candidates of choice by the electorates or voters.

 The electorate will go to the polling station on a voting day, to exercise their civic right.

 At the poll, each of the electorate or voter is given a ballot paper and after thumbprint secretly drops it in a ballot box of the candidate or party of his choice. There are electoral officials to hand over the ballot papers to the voters and to monitor the conduct of the process.

VOTER’S REGISTRATION

Voter’s registration is the act of preparing an official record of those that are qualified to vote during the election period. i.e any body that attains the ages of 18years and above and of sane mind are qualified to vote.
Voters list must be publicly displayed for objections and complains that may arise.

 Evaluation
See your work book for the exercise.