WAEC Store Keeping Syllabus 2025/2026

By AlozieGodswill May 9, 2025 WAEC Syllabus 2025 0 Comments

WAEC Store Keeping Syllabus 2025/2026: Writing WAEC Exams on Store Keeping this is the WAEC Store Keeping Syllabus 2025/2026 For students who have selected storekeeping as one of their WAEC subjects, the WAEC Store-Keeping syllabus is crucial. Careers in supply chain operations, inventory control, and logistics all benefit from storekeeping.

The purpose of this subject’s exam is to assess your:

i. Knowledge and admiration of storekeeping, fundamental ideas, and store design and organization.
ii. Knowledge of the purposes of warehousing and storekeeping.
iii. The capacity to connect ideas to inventory control and management.

You can concentrate on the most important topics and make sure you don’t miss anything by following the syllabus below. Additionally, practicing previous questions will help you become accustomed to the format and types of questions on the Examination.

WAEC Store Keeping Syllabus 2025/2026

	WAEC STORE-KEEPING SYLLABUS
SN	TOPICS	OBJECTIVES
1	OVERVIEW OF STORE KEEPING	1.1 Introduction to Store Keeping (i) Meaning and importance of storekeeping; (ii) Components of Store Keeping: – warehousing; – requisition; – inventory and inventory control. (iii) Areas where storekeeping is required. 1.2 Career Opportunities: (i) Definition (ii) Job opportunities (iii) factors influencing the choice of career in store-keeping (iv) Skills required for storekeeping: – numerical – administrative – computer 1.3 Roles, Attributes and Qualifications of a Store Keeper: (i) Functions of a Store Keeper: – receipt of goods; – store requisition; – store issues; – counting and grading; – weighting and classification; – record-keeping – Maintaining a clean store environment (ii) Attributes of a storekeeper: – Honesty; – Quality consciousness; – Flair for details, etc. (iii)Qualification of a storekeeper.
2	EQUIPMENTS AND FACILITIES	i. Types of store equipment; ii. Uses of storage equipment; iii. Care of storage equipment and facilities.
3	WAREHOUSING	i. Meaning of warehousing. ii. Forms of warehousing (room, cold room, silos). iii. Factors for setting up a warehouse. iv. Store keeping Document. v. Government regulations on warehousing: – NAFDAC. – SON.
4	REQUISITION	i. Meaning ii. Importance iii. Procedure iv. Documentation (requisition and issue notes) v. E-requisitioning (use of a computer)
5	INVENTORY AND INVENTORY CONTROL	Inventory: (i) Meaning; (ii) Uses of inventory; (iii) Inventory items; (iv) Types of inventory control (perpetual and periodic); (v) Storekeeping terms and their computation: – stock out – lead time – maximum stock level – minimum stock level – economic order quantity
6	STOCK VALUE	i. Meaning. ii. Reasons for stock valuation. iii. Determination of stock values using: – LIFO method – FIFO method
7	IDENTIFICATION OF STORE ITEMS	i. Need for identification of items. ii. Classification of materials in store. iii. Codification system: – alphabetic – numerical – alphanumeric – decimal
8	SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES	i. Store Organization and Layout: a) Meaning; b) Importance; c) Store layout d) Factors influencing store layout. ii. Safety and Safety Standards: a) Meaning of safety in store; b) Importance of safety at work; c) Methods of providing safety at the workplace: – First Aid Box – Fire extinguisher – Shielding of electrical installation
9	ENTREPRENEURSHIP	i. Meaning of entrepreneurship. ii. Importance of entrepreneurship. iii. Entrepreneurship skills: – managerial – accounting – marketing – promotion iv. Idea generation. v. Feasibility study. vi. Writing a proposal on a type of business in storekeeping.

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