About The Book

Home Economics at the Junior Secondary School level is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes in the various aspects of the subject. It helps students to integrate basic knowledge with skills, and exposes them to the numerous opportunities in the field of Home Economics. In addition, it prepares youths for further training in Home Economics and lays the foundation for successful homemaking and wage earning. Home Economics for Junior Secondary Schools, written strictly in line with the National Home Economics Curriculum for JSS, meets the above requirements. The text is effectively organised to ensure proper sequencing and ordering of learning experiences in order to foster cumulative learning and facilitate teaching. The book is successfully written in one volume of three parts to cover the programme for each year. This approach has numerous advantages. Highlights of the book are: ? Objectives at the beginning of each chapter intimate the learner with what is expected to be done at the end of the chapter. ? Activities at the end of each chapter are designed to furnish teachers and students with numerous ideas of simple but problem solving practical exercises. ? Review questions provide students the opportunity to review each chapter. ? Glossary, a further study aid, is useful both for revision purposes and test writing.