Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Home Economics outline · Section C: Foods and Nutrition
Content
Common accidents in the kitchen, their causes and preventive measures.
Objective
Identify common kitchen accidents, their causes and preventive measures; suggest ways of making the kitchen a safe place.
Content
First aid: definition, components of a first-aid kit, and simple first aid for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, bleeding, electric shock, poisoning, choking and bites.
Objective
Specify items that should be included in a first-aid kit; suggest simple first aid for scalds, cuts, bleeding, burns and other common injuries.
Content
Kitchen, personal and food hygiene: procedures and roles; food-borne diseases; food sanitation laws.
Objective
Identify ways in which food is contaminated; differentiate between food poisoning and food infection; identify international and national bodies regulating and monitoring food laws.
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