WAEC AND NECO APPROVED READING TEXT FOR 2026-2030

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH

AFRICAN PROSE

So the Path Does not Die by Pede Hollist
Redemption Road by Elma Shaw

NON AFRICAN PROSE

To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Path of Lucas: The Journey He Endured by Susanne Bellefeuille

AFRICAN DRAMA

Once Upon an Elephant by Bosede Ademilua- Afolayan
The Marriage of Anansewa by Efua Sutherland

NON AFRICAN DRAMA

An Inspector Calls by J. D. Priestley
A Man for all Seasons by Robert Bolt

AFRICAN POETRY

“Once Upon a Time” by Gabriel Okara
“New Tongue” by Elizabeth L. A. Kamara
“Night” by Wole Soyinka
“Not my Business” by Niyi Osundare
“Hearty Garlands” by S.O.H. Afriyie–Vidza”
“The Breast of the Sea” by Syl Cheney-Coker

NON AFRICAN POETRY

“She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron
“The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” (shortened) by Geoffrey Chaucer
“Digging” by Seamus Heaney
“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
“The Telephone Call” by Fleur Adcock
“The Stone” by Wilfred Wilson Gipson.

PRESCRIBED SHAKESPEAREAN TEXT FOR OBJECTIVE/CONTEXTUAL QUESTIONS

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

SUCCESS TIPS ON WASSCE/NECO LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH QUESTIONS

The Literature-in-English question is in three parts – paper 1, paper 2 and paper 3. Papers one and two are to be done together at one sit while paper 3 is to be done alone at one other sit.

Paper 1 [50 marks]: This is a 50 objective multiple choice questions to be answered in 1 hour. The 50 questions are composed of the following:
a) General knowledge of Literature – twenty (20) questions;
b) Unseen prose passage – five (5) questions;
c) Unseen poem – five (5) questions;
d) Shakespearean text – twenty (20) contextual questions

Paper 2 [50 marks]: This is theory type questions to be answered in 1 hour 15 minutes. Paper 2 is made up of two sections. Section A is on African Prose and section B is on Non-African Prose. Students will be required to answer one out of the two questions in each of sections A and section B. That amounts to 2 questions.

Paper 3 [100 marks]: This is theory type questions to be answered in 2 hours 30 minutes. Paper 3 is made up of 4 sections. They are:
a) Section A: African Drama
b) Section B: Non-African Drama
c) Section C: African Poetry
d) Section D: Non-African Poetry
Students will be required to answer one out of the two questions in each of the sections A, B, C and D. That amounts to 4 questions.

WAEC/NECO Approved Reading Texts 2021-2025: Literature in English

WAEC/NECO Approved Reading Texts 2026-2030: Literature in English

Scheme of Work – Literature in English SSS 1 (Based on WAEC/NECO Reading Texts for 2021-2025)

Scheme of Work – Literature in English SSS 1 (Based on WAEC/NECO Reading Texts for 2026-2030)

Scheme of Work – Literature in English SSS 2 (Based on WAEC/NECO Reading Texts for 2026-2030)

Scheme of Work – Literature in English SSS 3 (Based on WAEC/NECO Reading Texts for 2026-2030)