Economics is concerned with human behavior, such as how people achieve their wants. It is a social science subject also concerned with the study of firms or companies and the government which is responsible for the provision of goods and services for its people in order to satisfy their wants.

The study of Economics helps one to utilize the principles of choice, opportunity cost, scale of preference, etc in order to satisfy human wants.

The career prospects in studying Economics in secondary school do not only provide very high level analytical and technical skills but also develop one’s flexibility, problem-solving ability, commercial awareness and communication, all highly valued by employers.

Fishery is the study and production of fish and other aquatic organisms.

1. To provide fish protein to make up for the short fall from wild waters.

2. To provide protein source needed to beef up the protein demand of man.

3. To provide good learning environment for students and researchers.

4. To create employment opportunities for individual members of the society.

5. To generate internal revenue and foreign exchange.

6. To provide raw materials e.g. meat, bone, scales, gill and offal’s, oil for industries.

7. To provide alternative means of recycling wastes.

1. The production of one or a combination of the following aquatic organisms. Fish crab, periwinkle, oyster, lobster, snail, squid, crayfish, prawn etc.

2. Production of animal feed

3. Production of canned sea food

4. Establishment of recreational centres/parks

5. Establishment of sea food shops and cold room.

6. Settling up food centers and joints

7. Fish processing and preservation.

8. Fish marketing (fresh and smoked)

9. Fish breeding.

AREAS OPEN FOR FISHERY GRADUATES

The following areas are open for fishery graduates

1. Universal fishing companies

2. Feed meal industries

3. Pharmaceutical industries

4. Food canning industries

5. Food processing industries

6. Ministry of agriculture and natural Resources

7. Schools and universities.

Business studies is a subject that deals with various methods used in organising business with the aim of making profit. The academic areas covered by business studies are as follows:

1. Office practice-It deals with how clerical activities are carried out in a day to day basis within an organization.

2. Bookkeeping- This is the area where you learn how to keep the account and record of business transaction.

3. Commerce – It covers the buying, selling and distribution of goods and services. You will also learn about various forms of aids to trade.

4. Keyboarding- This is used to describe the process of inputting data using typewriters, computers, ipads and smart phones.

5. Shorthand- It is an act or system of representing spoken sounds(words) with written signs.

1. It offers opportunity for gainful employment.

2. It helps students acquire certain basic skills that will be useful in future.

3. It develops and prepares students for office occupation in future.

4. It teaches you how to establish and run a private business.

1. Accountants

2. Bankers

3. Managers

4. Clerks

5. Secretaries

6. Traders(domestic and foreign)

7. Teachers

8. Proprietors

9. Directors

10. Insurance broker etc.

English is a West Germanic language that was spoken first in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

As a unifying factor in world globalization, with hundreds of millions of people around the world using it daily, English is undoubtedly the most important global language, hence, a reason it is studied as a core subject in schools all over the world. English , as a subject, educates people on the English Language in general. The teaching and learning of English language aids in the understanding and employment of the language. English language in school is the study of the language itself. It informs leaner of the correct way to speak and write the language, the subtleties of the language-how it can be used poetically and creatively as well as in commutation. The study of English language holds so much importance because it is a universal language; the lingua franca of most nations of the world and the language of science, aviation, law, business, computer, diplomacy, the media, tourism and major subject disciplines in schools such as Government, Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and so on. In addition, the study of English language as a subject in schools, increases the learners’ vocabulary, improves their language skills, enhances their competence in English grammar. The English language, as one of the core subjects in our school system, should be considered much more seriously, mostly, at the secondary school level (NPE 2004). It is used as a measure to determine students’ level of educability and also a measure for entrance examinations into higher institutions of learning, locally and internationally. It features in job selection, appointment and promotion. At the end of the day, the English language will have helped the learners to expand their knowledge prepare them for life as the vocabulary development, registers and comprehension passages cover different subjects and disciplines. It is to the benefit of the students to take their English language classes seriously.

A major in English language opens a variety of career opportunities for English language graduates entering the job market. Since students who graduate with an English language degree are trained to ask probing questions about large bodies of texts and then to formulate, analyze and answer those questions in coherent, persuasive prose-skills vital to any number of careers,English majors have much to choose from after graduation. The most obvious career choices for English majors are writing, publishing, journalism and teaching. However, other less intuitive job options include positions in advertising, public relations, acting,. Law, business, marketing and directing.

Mathematics abounds everywhere, from the mandane issues that are taken for granted to the most sophisticated breath taking inventions and discoveries. Mathematics has been of social and practical influence since 3,500BC. Its place in man’s way of life and development cannot be overemphasized. Man learns to keep tally of things, counts his possessions using his fingers and toes to make marks on walls and rocks etc before numbers were invented. There is however more to Mathematics than numbers and calculations. What is Mathematics? There is no single and all-embracing answer to what Mathematics is. Mathematics means many and varied things to different people in view of its universality and diversity. It is referred to as :

-The Language of science and Technology

-queen of science

-the science of quantity

-the science of counting

-Queen and servant of science

-science of numbers, quantity and space

-study of abstractions and their relationship etc.

Encyclopedia of Mathematics has its that mathematics is a science of quantitative relatives and spatial forms in the real world, being inseparably connected with the needs of technology and natural sciences. Thus, mathematics is a field of symbolic representation of ideas and relations between them that have been extracted from that part of their context considered irrelevant for the purpose in hand, and an instrument for effecting a logical examination of implications of these ideas. Mathematics is a subject compulsory at all levels of our educational system, a subject that involves calculations and useful in everyday life.

1. To generate interest in Mathematics and to provide a solid foundation for everyday living.

2. To develop computational skills

3. To foster the desire and ability to be accurate to a degree relevant to the problem at hand

4. To develop ability to recognize problems and to solve them with related mathematical knowledge.

5. To develop precise, logical and abstract thinking

6. To provide necessary mathematical background

7. To stimulate and encourage creativity.

1. Teaching /lecturing in schools and universities

2. Statistician

3. Servicing research institutes

4. Being an/industrialist

5. Working in Banks/Financial institutions

6. Working in Insurance companies

7. Accounting and allied services.

Igbo language is among the three major languages taught in schools: primary, secondary and tertiary institutions. It is a language that belongs to those that live in the eastern part of Nigeria, comprising five states: Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states. Other states where we can also see Igbo people are: Delta, Rivers and Cross River states. In the study of Igbo language, we learn things such as:

i. Speaking and writing Igbo language fluently and well.

ii. Where Igbo people originated from.

iii. Characteristics of Igbo people

iv. Cultures and traditions of Igbo people

v. Igbos’ beliefs etc.

1. To make our children develop interest in speaking their language fluently.

2. To teach them to know not only how to speak it, but how to write it very well.

3. To help in promoting our culture and traditions.

4. To produce children or future leaders with a sense of our indigenous language.

5. To create a sense of unity among Igbo speaking people.

6. To have respect for other people’s language since no language is better than the other.

1. The study or teaching of Igbo language will help our children in tertiary institutions especially those going to study courses like: Mass communication, International Relations, Law, Linguistics etc.

2. It will also help them to communicate fluently with their relatives in the villages thereby inculcating in them wisdom to guide them to become future leaders.