Yoruba JAMB Syllabus

The aim of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) syllabus in Yorùbá is to
prepare the candidates for the Board’s examination. It is designed to test their achievement
of the course objectives, which are to:

stimulate and sustain their interest in Yorùbá language, literature and culture;
acquire basic knowledge and skill in Yorùbá language, literature and material and
non-material aspects of culture.
STRUCTURE OF THE EXAMINATION
The test will be of an objective type, candidates will answer forty (40) multiple-choice
questions covering all aspects of the syllabus:
LANGUAGE:
(a) Comprehension
(1 prose and 1 verse) 08 items
(b) Essay writing 01 item
(c) Sound system 04 items
(d) Grammar 05 items
(e) Current orthography 02 items
(f) Translation 01 item
LITERATURE:
(a) Oral 04 items
(b) Written 06 items
CULTURE 09 items
TOTAL 40 items