Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Physical and Health Education outline · Section J: Personal, Community and Environmental Health
Contents / notes
- Meaning and importance of personal health
- Personal hygiene and care of teeth, mouth, hair, skin, hands and nails
- Methods of promoting and maintaining personal health: exercise, nutrition and regular medical check-ups
- Personal health screening
- Eye defects and their corrections: myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism
- Auditory defects and their corrections: otitis media and partial deafness
- Dental diseases: dental caries and gingivitis
Candidate objectives
- Define personal health and state its importance.
- Differentiate the care required for various parts of the body.
- State the methods of promoting and maintaining personal health.
- State the outcomes of personal health screening for the eyes, ears and teeth.
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