JAMB Biology Syllabus 2027/2028 (Read & Download PDF)

JAMB Biology Syllabus 2027/2028 for UTME Examination

This article is all about the latest syllabus for Biology. Firstly, what is a syllabus? A syllabus is a document that outlines everything that will be covered in an examination or class. However, the JAMB syllabus is a list of outlined topics that students are required to read to prepare for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

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If you are participating in the upcoming UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination), and you need the JAMB Biology outline topics that need to be read for the preparation of the JAMB examination, then I guess this article is for you;

Steps to take before obtaining the 2027/2028 JAMB Form;

• Choose a course
• Do research on the course
• Search for the O’level requirement for the course
• Lastly, check the JAMB subject combination of the course. If Biology is among the subject combinations of the course you wish to study, then you are good to go.

JAMB Biology Syllabus 2027/2028 General Objective

The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) syllabus in Biology aims to prepare the candidates for the Board’s examination. It is designed to test their achievement of the course objectives, which are to:

• Demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the concepts of interdependence and unity of life;
• Account for continuity of life through reorganization, inheritance, and evolution;
• Apply biological principles and concepts to everyday life, especially to matters affecting the individual, society, the environment, community health, and the economy.

JAMB Syllabus for Biology 2027/2028

Part A: Variety of Organisms

1. Living organisms:

• Characteristics
• Cell structure and functions of cell Components
• Level of organization
  • Cell, e.g. Amoeba, cheek cell
  • Tissue, e.g. epithelial tissues
  • Organ, e.g. leaf and heart
  • Systems, e.g. reproductive
  • Organisms, e.g. Chlamydomonas

2. Evolution among the following:

• Monera (prokaryotes), e.g. bacteria and blue-green algae.
• Protista (protozoans and protophyta), e.g. Amoeba, Euglena and Paramecium
• Fungi, e.g. mushroom and Rhizopus.
• Plantae (plants)
  • Thallophyta (e.g. Spirogyra)
  • Bryophyta (mosses and liverworts) e.g. Bryachymenium and Merchantia.
  • Pteridophyta (ferns) e.g. Dryopteris.
  • Spermatophyta (Gymnospermae and Angiospermae)
    – Gymnosperms e.g. Cycads and conifers.
    – Angiosperms (monocots, e.g. maize; dicots, e.g. water leaf)

(e). Animalia (animals)

• Invertebrates
  – Coelenterate (e.g. Hydra)
  – Platyhelminthes (flatworms) e.g. Taenia
  – Nematoda (roundworms)
  – Annelida (e.g. earthworm)
  – Arthropoda (insects) e.g. Millipedes, ticks, mosquito, cockroach, housefly, bee, butterfly
  – Mollusca (e.g. snails)
• Multicellular animals (vertebrates)
  – Pisces (cartilaginous and bony fish)
  – Amphibia (e.g. toads and frogs)
  – Reptilia (e.g. lizards, snakes and turtles)
  – Aves (birds)
  – Mammalia (mammals)

3.

• Structural/functional and behavioural adaptations of Organism
• Adaptive colouration and its functions
• Behavioural adaptations in social animals
• Structural adaptations in organisms.

Part B: Form & Functions

1(a). Internal structure of a flowering plant

• Root
• Stem
• Leaf

(b). Internal structure of a mammal

2. Nutrition

(a). Modes of nutrition:

• Autotrophic
• Heterotrophic

(b) Types of Nutrition

(c) Plant nutrition:

• Photosynthesis
• Mineral requirements (macro and micro-nutrients)

(d) Animal Nutrition:

• Classes of food substances: carbohydrates, proteins, fats and oils, vitamins, mineral salts and water
• Food tests (e.g. starch, reducing sugar, protein, oil, fat etc.
• The mammalian tooth (structures, types and functions)
• Mammalian alimentary canal
• Nutrition process (ingestion, digestion, absorption, and assimilation of digested
  food.

3. Transport

(a). Need for transportation

(b). Materials for transportation. Excretory products, gases, manufactured food, digested food, nutrients, water, and hormones)

(c). Channels for transportation

• Mammalian circulatory system (heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries)
• Plant vascular system (phloem and xylem)

(d). Media and processes of mechanism for transportation.

4. Respiration

(a). Respiratory organs and surfaces

(b). The mechanism of gaseous exchange in:

• Plants
• Mammals

(c). Aerobic respiration

(d). Anaerobic respiration

5. Excretion

(a). Types of excretory structures: contractile vacuole, flamecell, nephridium, Malpighian tubule, kidney, stoma and lenticel.

(b). Excretory mechanisms:

• Kidneys
• Lungs
• Skin

(c). Excretory products of plants

6. Support and movement

(a). Tropic, tactic, nastic and sleep movements in plants

(b). Supporting tissues in animals

(c). Types and functions of the skeleton

• Exoskeleton
• Endoskeleton
• Functions of the skeleton in animals

7. Reproduction

(a). A sexual reproduction

• Fission as in Paramecium
• Budding as in yeast
• Natural vegetative propagation
• Artificial vegetative propagation.

(b). Sexual reproduction in flowering plants

• Floral parts and their functions
• Pollination and fertilization
• Products of sexual reproduction

(c). Reproduction in mammals

• Structures and functions of the male and female reproductive organs
• Fertilization and development. (Fusion of gamates)

8. Growth

(a). Meaning of growth

(b). Germination of seeds and conditions necessary for germination of seeds.

9. Co-ordination and control

(a). Nervous coordination:

• The components, structure and functions of the central nervous system;
• The components and functions of the peripheral nervous systems;
• Mechanism of transmission of impulses;
• Reflex action

(b). The sense organs

• Skin (tactile)
• Nose (olfactory)
• Tongue (taste)
• Eye (sight)
• Ear (auditory)

(c). Hormonal control

• Animal hormonal system
  – Pituitary
  – thyroid
  – parathyroid
  – adrenal gland
  – pancreas
  – gonads
• Plant hormones
  (phytohormones)

(d). Homeostasis

• Body temperature regulation
• Salt and water regulation

Part C: Ecology

1. Factors affecting the distribution of Organisms

• Abiotic
• Biotic

2. Symbiotic interactions of plants and animals

(a) Food chains, food webs and trophic levels

(b) Energy flow in the ecosystem.

(c) Nutrient cycling in nature

• Carbon cycle
• Water cycle
• Nitrogen cycle

3. Natural Habitats

(a) Aquatic (e.g. ponds, streams, lakes, seashores and mangrove swamps)

(b) Terrestrial/arboreal (e.g. tree-tops of oil palm, abandoned farmland or a dry grassy (savanna) field, and burrow or hole.

4. Local (Nigerian) Biomes)

(a). Tropical rainforest

(b). Guinea savanna (southern and northern)

(c). Sudan Savanna

(d). Desert

(e). Highlands of montane forests and grasslands of the Obudu, Jos, and Mambilla Plateau.

5. The Ecology of Populations:

(a) Population density and overcrowding.

(b) Factors affecting population sizes:

• Biotic (e.g. food, pest, disease, predation, competition, reproductive ability).
• Abiotic (e.g. temperature, space, light, rainfall, topography, pressure, pH,
  etc.

(c). Ecological succession

• Primary succession
• Secondary succession

6. SOIL

(a) Characteristics of different types of soil (sandy, loamy, clayey)

• Soil structure
• Porosity, capillarity and humus content
• Components of the soil
  • inorganic
  • organic
  • soil organisms

(b) Soil fertility:

• Loss of soil fertility
• Renewal and maintenance of soil fertility

7. Humans and Environment

(a) Diseases:

• Common and endemic diseases.
• Easily transmissible diseases and disease
  syndrome such as:
  – poliomyelitis
  – cholera
  – tuberculosis
  – sexually transmitted disease/syndrome (gonorrhea, syphilis, AIDS, etc.

(b). Pollution and its control

• Sources, types, effects and methods of control.
• Sanitation and sewage

(c) Conservation of Natural Resources

(d) Game reserves and National parks

Part D: Heredity and Variations

1. Variation in Population

(a). Morphological variations in the physical appearance of individuals.

• Size (height, weight)
• Colour (skin, eye, hair, coat of animals, scales and feathers.
• Fingerprints

(b). Physiological variation

• Ability to roll tongue
• Ability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC)
• Blood groups

(c). Application of discontinuous variation in crime detection, blood transfusion and determination of paternity.

2. Heredity

(a) Inheritance of characters in organisms;

• Heritable and non-heritable characters.

(b) Chromosomes – the basis of heredity;

• Structure
• Process of transmission of hereditary characters from parents to offspring.

(c) Probability in genetics and sex determination.

(d) Application of the principles of heredity in:

• Agriculture
• Medicine

(e) Sex–linked characters, e.g. baldness, haemophilia, colour blindness, etc.

Part E: Evolution

1. Theories of evolution

• Lamarck’s theory
• Darwin’s theory
• Organic theory

2. Evidence of evolution

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JAMB Biology Syllabus 2027 Recommended Textbook

• Ndu, F.O. C. Ndu, Abun A. and Aina J.O. (2001) Senior Secondary School Biology: Books 1 -3, Lagos: Longman
• Odunfa, S.A. (2001) Essential of Biology, Ibadan: Heinemann
• Ogunniyi M.B. Adebisi A.A. and
• Okojie J.A. (2000) Biology for Senior Secondary Schools: Books 1 – 3, Macmillan
• Ramalingam, S.T. (2005) Modern Biology, SS Science Series. New Edition, AFP
• Stan. (2004) Biology for Senior Secondary Schools. Revised Edition, Ibadan: Heinemann
• Stone R.H. and Cozens, A.B.C. (1982) Biology for West African Schools. Longman
• Usua, E.J. (1997) Handbook of practical Biology 2nd Edition, University Press, Limited

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