A set of 2025 WASSCE Social Studies Topics To Revise and Likely Questions has hit the internet just a few hours to the Social Studies paper.
As the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) continues, students are intensifying their preparations, and with this comes the circulation of materials claiming to be key areas for study. A widely shared list of topics for the Social Studies paper is currently making the rounds, outlining specific areas under three main sections: “The Environment,” “Government, Political & Stability,” and “Socio-Economic Development”. This purported guide points students towards subjects such as “The Institution of marriage,” “Adolescence Reproductive,” and “Responsible Parenthood” under The Environment.
2025 WASSCE Social Studies Topics
Below are the full set of topics projected for candidates to boost revision and readiness for the 2025 WASSCE Social Studies paper
THE ENVIRONMENT
✓ The Institution of marriage
✓ Adolescence Reproductive
✓ Responsible Parenthood
✓ Education and Social Change
✓ Physical Environment, National Identity
GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL & STABILITY
- Constitution, Democracy & Nation Building
- International Community Organization
- Leadership and Fellowship
- Right and Responsibility
SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
➤ The Youth and National Development
➤ Work, Productivity and Entrepreneurship
➤ Population growth and Development
➤ Promoting National Socio-Economic Dev.
Trending 2025 WASSCE Social Studies Questions To Watch – Set 1
Section B – Governance, Politics & Stability:
6. (a) Examine five responsibilities citizens have under political independence.
(b) Explain peacebuilding.
(c) Justify four reasons why ethnic conflict should be discouraged.
7. (a) Highlight four features of democracy. (b) Suggest four ways to prevent autocratic rule.
•Section C – Social & Economic Development:
8. (a) State two differences between science and technology.
(b) Explain four governmental measures to advance science and technology.
9. (a) Define resource development.
(b) Discuss four ways to effectively utilize human resources in Ghana.
10. (a) Explain productivity.
(b) Define entrepreneurship.
Now that we have looked at the 2025 WASSCE Social Studies Topics, let us look at the trending questions for the same subject.
SECTION C
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(a) Explain the term youth. [4 marks]
(b) Explain four factors that hinder the youth from adequately contributing to national development. [16 marks](a) List eight activities of the tertiary sector of Ghana’s economy. [4 marks]
(b) Discuss four factors that hinder the socio-economic development of Ghana. [16 marks](a) Differentiate between sustainable development and maintenance culture. [4 marks]
(b) Analyse four factors which an individual should consider before contracting a loan from the bank. [16 marks]
SOCIAL STUDIES Questions – Set 2
THE ENVIRONMENT
(a) Define National Integration.
(b) Explain four ways by which National Integration can be promoted in your country.(a) What is environmental degradation?
(b) State four effects of environmental degradation on society.(a) Outline four causes of unemployment in West Africa.
(b) Suggest four measures to reduce unemployment.(a) What is civic responsibility?
(b) Explain four reasons why citizens should perform civic responsibility.Define Natural resources.
State five importance of cocoa to exportation in Ghanaian economy.
THE ENVIRONMENT
(a) Outline four implications of adolescent irresponsible behaviours on the individual. [4 marks]
(b) Explain four ways by which knowledge of the social characteristics of adolescents can help to control their irresponsible behaviour. [16 marks]Discuss five ways in which the national symbols of Ghana foster allegiance among the citizens. [20 marks]
(a) Explain the following terms:
(i) Patrilineal inheritance. [2 marks]
(ii) Matrilineal inheritance. [2 marks](b) Outline four components of the extended family. [4 marks]
(c) Highlight four consequences of an individual abandoning the family. [12 marks](a) Explain the term parenthood. [2 marks]
(b) State three ways of promoting good parent-child relationship. [6 marks]
(c) Discuss four consequences of irresponsible parenting on children. [12 marks]
SECTION B OF THE 2025 WASSCE Social Studies Questions
GOVERNANCE, POLITICS AND STABILITY
(a) Outline four challenges which leaders face in a country. [4 marks]
(b) Discuss four responsibilities of Ghanaian citizens as enshrined in the 1992 constitution. [16 marks](a) State four ways in which the constitution is important in nation building. [4 marks]
(b) Describe four factors that promote sustainable development under democratic rule. [16 marks](a) List four kinds of leaders in the society. [4 marks]
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