What are the O level subjects required in WAEC and NECO to study Physical and Health Education? If you are interested in knowing the compulsory subjects in WAEC and NECO that is necessary for studying Physical and Health Education under the faculty of Education in the university, then continue reading this post as I have provided you the subject combinations required in WAEC result as well as NECO result to study Physical and Health Education.
Referencing the introduction already made above, this is a notice to all aspirants who wish to apply for admission into any of the universities in Nigeria to study Physical and Health Education under the faculty of Education that the list of compulsory subjects as well as optional subjects required in O level result (WAEC and NECO) before applying for admission into Physical and Health Education has been published in this post.
As mentioned above, some of these NECO and WAEC subject requirements are compulsory which means you need to have at least a minimum of Credit passes (C6) in them in your o level result before you can use it to apply for admission to study Physical and Health Education.
Also, keep in mind that some schools may have special subject combination requirements for the subjects that are eligible to be used in JAMB before one can gain admission into Physical and Health Education. Irrespective of the subjects required by each school, English Language and Mathematics are compulsory subjects that you need to pass before you can gain admission to study Physical and Health Education.
If you are also interested in JAMB subject combination for Physical and Health Education you can start by checking out JAMB subject combination for Physical and Health Education here or use the general approach by checking JAMB subject combination for all courses here.
Other Useful Resources
Before you proceed, check out the following resources that will help you better prepare for JAMB:
- JAMB Syllabus For All Subjects
- JAMB Recommended Textbooks For All Subjects
- JAMB Form | JAMB Registration Form Procedures
O Level (WAEC and NECO) Subject Requirements For Physical and Health Education
The WAEC subjects required to study Physical and Health Education are as follows:
Five SSCE credits/TC II merit passes in five subjects including English Language, Biology or its equivalent.
Special Requirements (Waiver) Remarks
(i) UNICAL accept NCE General English in lieu of credit pass at ‘O’ level English.
(ii) OAU (For Physical and Health Education) requires five ‘O’ level credits or TC II merit passes including English Language and any other three Sciences, Social Science or Art Subjects.
(iii) OAU – Biology is not mandatory.
(iv) UI and DELSU require English Language and any three subjects.
(v) UNICAL – No admission through UTME.
(vi) UNIZIK require Mathematics, English, Biology, Health and Physical Educ. or Health Science/Health Education.
(vii) AAU and DELSU require English Language, Biology and at least a pass in Mathematics.
(viii) UI – same as in Human Kinetics.
(ix) ABU require a credit pass in Mathematics.
(x) AAU requires at least a pass in Mathematics
(xi) EKSU requires five credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics, Biology/Health Education and one Science subjects at one sitting.
(xii) DELSU requires at least a pass in Mathematics and two other subjects
(xiii) ABU requires Five ‘O’ level credits/TC II merit passes in five subjects including English Language, Biology, Mathematics and any one Science subject.
(xiv) OAU (For Health Education) requires five ‘O’ level credit or TC II merit passes including English Language, any one of Biology/Health Science/Integrated Science, plus any other three subjects.
(xvi) UNIJOS requires five SSCE credits/TC II merit passes to include English Language, Mathematics and Biology or Health Sciences.
As mentioned earlier, the WAEC subject combination and requirements for Physical and Health Education posted above are only eligible if you want to study Physical and Health Education under the faculty of Education. If the course you are looking for is in another faculty, keep in mind that the o level subject requirements may vary and as such, you need to check the WAEC and NECO requirements for that course under the faculty of interest. You can check JAMB brochure for all faculties here.
List of Schools That Offer Physical and Health Education
This section contains the list of schools that accepts the O level subject requirements for Physical and Health Education posted above. These are the schools you can apply to if you have passed the Physical and Health Education subject requirements mentioned above either in your WAEC result or your NECO result. You can find the schools by selecting the faculty and course in JAMB brochure here.