JAMB 2024/2025 Syllabus For Biology -Download PDF

JAMB has released JAMB 2024/2025 Syllabus For Biology -Download PDF, essential for candidates aiming for higher institution admission this year. The syllabus can be downloaded in PDF format, helping candidates focus on key areas and recommended texts for the examination.:

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General Objective

• demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the concepts of diversity, interdependence, and unity of life;
• account for the continuity of life through reorganization, inheritance, and evolution;
• apply biological principles and concepts to everyday life, especially to matters affecting living things, individuals, society, the environment, community health, and the economy.

JAMB Syllabus for Biology 2024

As a prospective UTME participant in Nigeria, familiarize yourself with the 2024 JAMB Syllabus for Biology. It provides essential topics to focus on for effective exam preparation.

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TOPICS / CONTENTS / NOTES	OBJECTIVES
SECTION A: VARIETY OF ORGANISMS
1. Living organisms	– Differentiate between living and non-living things.<br>- Identify plant and animal cell structures and functions.<br>- Compare plant and animal cell structures.<br>- Trace levels of organization in organisms.
2. Evolution among various organisms	– Analyze external features and characteristics of organisms.<br>- Trace life histories and evolutionary transitions.<br>- Assess economic and environmental values of organisms.
3. Structural/functional and behavioural adaptations	– Describe adaptations of organisms to their environments.<br>- Explain adaptive coloration, behavioural adaptations, and structural adaptations.<br>- Account for specific adaptations in obtaining food, protection, securing mates, regulating body temperature, and conserving water.
SECTION B: FORM AND FUNCTIONS
1. Internal structure of plants and animals	– Identify transverse sections of plant and animal organs.<br>- Relate organ structure to function.<br>- Describe distribution of supporting tissues in plants.<br>- Examine arrangement of mammalian internal organs.
Nutrition	– Understand modes and types of nutrition (autotrophic and heterotrophic).<br>- Explain plant and animal nutrition processes.<br>- Identify classes of food substances and their tests.<br>- Describe mammalian tooth structure, types, and functions.<br>- Examine mammalian alimentary canal and nutrition processes.

Section A: Variety of Organism

In this segment, you’ll learn about diverse living organisms and their unique characteristics. The study includes evolution across groups like Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. It also explores structural, functional, and behavioral adaptations in organism.

Section B: Form and Functions

This segment covers diverse living organisms and their unique characteristics, exploring evolution across Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. It also examines structural, functional, and behavioral adaptations in organisms.

Section C: Ecology

The Ecology section explores organism-environment relationships, covering factors influencing distribution, symbiotic interactions, natural habitats, Nigerian biomes, population ecology, soil characteristics, and human impacts on the environment.

Section D: Heredity and Variations

This segment explores population variability and heredity processes, focusing on types of variations within populations and the inheritance of traits across generations.

Section E: Evolution

This section explores evolution theories and evidence, examining scientific explanations and supporting evidence for the evolutionary process.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), established in 1978, conducts entrance exams for Nigerian tertiary institutions. It administers the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), assessing candidates through 180 questions in 2 hours.

JAMB sets institution-specific cut-off marks annually and is led by Prof Ishaq Oloyede. It approves Computer Based Test (CBT) centers for registration, despite concerns about digital access. Unofficial practice platforms assist UTME preparation.

JAMB CBT Centers

JAMB CBT Centers across Nigeria facilitate the UTME, offering standardized computer-based testing in all states and the Federal Capital Territory. Candidates register and take the exam at these approved centers, ensuring a controlled and reliable testing environment upheld by JAMB’s standards for integrity. Choosing a reputable CBT center is crucial for candidates participating in the examination.

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