WAEC SYLLABUS FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ELECTIVE) 2021/2022 (WASSCE)

TOPIC NOTES

1. DATA 1.1 Data types e.g integers, real numbers,

. REPRESENTATION strings etc

1.2 Number bases with special reference to

binary, decimal and hexadecimal.

1.3 Units of data storage.

2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Meaning of information system

TO INFORMATION 2.2 Knowledge of the different

SYSTEMS types of information systems.

2.3 Attributes of good information.

2.4 Internal and external information eg. intranet, extranet, memos, intercom,

talking drum, mobile phone etc.

2.5 The role of information in society.

3. INTRODUCTION 3.1 The Internet

TO DIGITAL 3.2 Computer crime

TECHNOLOGY 3.3 The role and impact of Information

CULTURE Technology on everyday life e.g

e-business, e-health, e-mail,

e-learning, Computer Based Training, Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Computer Aided Design, etc.

1. Knowledge of media types e.g digital videos and
   1. digital sounds, voice over internet protocol (VOIP),voice recognition system, etc.

   4. WORD 4.1 Creating, editing and formatting documents.

   PROCESSING 4.2 Business documents eg. memos, reports etc.

   4.3 Mail merge.

   4.4 Printing of documents.

   5. DESKTOP 5.1 Creating, editing and formatting documents.

   PUBLISHING 5.2 Printing publications.

   6. SPREADSHEET 6.1 Creating, editing and formatting documents.

   6.2 Sorting and querying for information.

   6.3 Creating graphs and charts to represent data in

   worksheets.

   6.4 Working with functions

   6.5 Data security: use of passwords.

   7. HARDWARE 7.1 External components and their functions.

   7.2 Internal components and their functions.

   7.3 Computer Diagnostics and Maintenance.

   8. SOFTWARE 8.1 System software e.g operating systems and

   their functions.

   8.2 Utility programmes and their uses.

   8.3 Types of application programs.

   8.4 Software licensing considerations.

   8.5 Installation and upgrading of computer

   software.

   8.6 Software terminologies and concepts:

   – machine language;

   – high-level versus low level;

   – use of fourth generation language; – use of language translators;

   – source code;

   – Error messages;

   – Software portability;

   – Compilers;

   – Interpreters;

   – Assemblers, etc.

   9. NETWORKING 9.1 Network concept.

   9.2 Types of networks.

   9.3 Network Topology

   9.4 Network Architecture.

   9.5 Network configuration.

   9.6 Communication of data on networks.

   9.7 Data security on networks.

   10. INTRODUCTION 10.1 Flow charts

   TO 10.2 Algorithms and data structures

   PROGRAMMING 10.3 Program development life cycle. 10.4 Programming languages.

   10.5 Web design using HyperText Mark-up Language (HTML).

   10.6 Practical knowledge of BASIC and HTML

   programming languages. Questions will

   however be limited to QBASIC.

   11. DATA BASE 11.1 Designing and creating data bases.

   MANAGEMENT 11.2 Working with queries.

    SYSTEM 11.3 Working with forms.

   11.4 Working with reports.

   12. APPLICATION 12.1 Types of tools.

   OF ICT TOOLS 12.2 Learning with ICT tools

   IN EDUCATION 12.3 Advantages and disadvantages of using ICT tools in learning.