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The West African Examination Council (WAEC) & NECO has released the Selected and Harmonized Literature Texts / Books for Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations, (SSCE) For School and Private Candidates for 2021 - 2025 & 2026 - 2030 Academic Years.
The WAEC/NECO Selected and Harmonized Literature Texts / Books contains the list of books which are recommended
as a study guide for students intending to write their final
examinations in senior secondary schools nationwide.
It consists of text for African Prose, Non-African Prose, Shakespearean Text, African Drama, Non-African Drama, African Poetry and Non-African Poetry.
WAEC/NECO/NABTEB Literature Text / Books for 2021 - 2025 and 2026 - 2030 has been uploaded online and can be viewed below or downloaded in PDF.
Highly Recommended: JAMB Recommended Textbooks | All Subjects.
WAEC/NECO Harmonized Literature Texts / Books for May/June & GCE (2026 - 2030) | PDF
| Type of Text | Selected Text |
|---|---|
| SHAKESPEAREAN TEXT | Antony and Cleopatra |
| AFRICAN PROSE | Pede Hollist: So the Path Does not Die |
| Elma Shaw: Redemption Road | |
| NON-AFRICAN PROSE | Harper Lee: To Kill a Mocking Bird |
| Susanne Bellefeuille: Path of Lucas: The Journey He Endured | |
| AFRICAN DRAMA | Bosede Ademilua-Afolayan: Once Upon an Elephant |
| Efua Sutherland: The Marriage of Anansewa | |
| NON-AFRICAN DRAMA | J. D. Priestley: An Inspector Calls |
| Robert Bolt: A Man for all Seasons | |
| AFRICAN POETRY | Gabriel Okara: Once Upon a Time |
| Elizabeth L. A. Kamara: New Tongue | |
| Wole Soyinka: Night | |
| Niyi Osundare: Not my Business | |
| S.O.H. Afriyie-Vidza: Hearty Garlands | |
| Syl Cheney-Coker: The Breast of The Sea | |
| NON-AFRICAN POETRY | Lord Byron: She Walks in Beauty |
| Geoffrey Chaucer: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale (shortened) | |
| Seamus Heaney: Digging | |
| Maya Angelou: Still I Rise | |
| Fleur Adcock: The Telephone Call | |
| Wilfred Wilson Gipson: The Stone |
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WAEC/NECO Harmonized Literature Texts / Books for May/June & GCE (2021 - 2025) | PDF
AFRICAN PROSE
NON-AFRICAN PROSE
SHAKESPEAREAN TEXT
AFRICAN DRAMA
NON-AFRICAN DRAMA
AFRICAN POETRY
- "Black Woman" by Leopold Sedar Senghor
- "The Leader and the Led" by Niyi Osundare
- "The Grieved Lands of Africa" by Agostinho Neto
- "The Song of the Women of my Land" by Oumar Farouk Sesay
- "Raider of the Treasure Trove" by Lade Wosornu
- "A Government Driver on his Retirement" by Onu Chibuike
NON-AFRICAN POETRY
- "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne
- "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou
- "The Journey of the Magi" by T.S. Eliot
- "Do not Go Gentle into the Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
- "Binsey Poplars (Felled 1879)" by G.M. Hopkins
- "Bat" By David H. Lawrence
NECO Students are also informed that the above listed texts are recommended for them for the academic years specified above.
Meanwhile Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the Recommended Texts for all candidates who will be participating in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
SEE: JAMB Recommended Reading Texts for Languages & Literature.
Also Check Out: NABTEB Literature In English Syllabus.
4 Comments
Wt is the exact novel we are reading for only jamb
ReplyDeleteSEE: 2021 JAMB Novel The Life Changer (Full Book)
DeletePlease,so these books are what we are expected to read or is it going to possibly come out in the exam?
ReplyDeleteThose are the recommended books to read if you are sitting for exams from 2021 - 2025, They are the compulsory literature texts for the above specified years and you will see them in your examinations.
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