HILLRANGE SECONDARY SCHOOL,ENUGU.

SCHEME OF WORK FOR ECONOMICSSS2.

TERM TOPIC CONTENT

FIRST.

I. Simple linear
1. TOOLS OF ECONOMIC
equations.
ANALYSIS
II. Measures of
Dispersion
III. Calculation of mean
deviation
IV. Calculation of Range

2. TOOLS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (TWO)

I. Calculation of standard
deviation
II. Uses and limitations of
measures of dispersion.
III. Advantages and
disadvantages of measures
of dispersion.

3. CONCEPTS OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY I. Types of demand or demand relationships

(ONE) II. Exceptional or Abnormal Demand curves
(limitations to the law of demand)
iii. Changes in the quantity of demand
(movements along a demand curve)
iv. Changes in demand (shifts in demand
curve)

4. CONCEPTS OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY i. Effects of Changes in price

(TWO) on quantity demanded
ii. Factors affecting demand
iii. Note

5. CONCEPTS OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY i. Meaning of Supply

(THREE) ii. Exceptional or Abnormal
supply curves (limitations
to the law of supply)
iii. Changes in the quantity of
goods supplied
(movements along a supply
curve)
iv. Changes in supply (shifts of
the supply curve)
v. Effects of Changes in prices
on supply
vi. Types of supply
6. THE PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY CURVE i. Meaning of production
(PPC) possibility curve
ii. Plotting the PPC
iii. Relationship between
Production Possibility curve
and opportunity cost

7. THE PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY CURVE i. Concepts of Total, Average,

(PPC) TWO and Marginal productivity
ii. The laws of Variable
proportions
iii. Why the law operates
iv. Relationship between
Total, Average and
 Marginal Products
v. Importance of the law of
Diminishing Returns
8. CONCEPTS OF COST AND REVENUE i. Meaning of costs
ii. Economist’s and
Accountant’s views of cost
iii. Types of costs.
9. CONCEPTS OF COST AND REVENUE(TWO)
i. Relationship between Total,
Average and Marginal costs
ii. Diagrammatical representation
of cost curves
iii. The curves relationships
iv. Revenue concepts
v. Short run and long run costs

10. LABOUR MARKET (ONE) i. Meaning of demand for labour

ii. Meaning of supply of labour
iii.The factors that determine the quantity
of labour supplied
iv. Wages
v. The reasons for the
differences in wages
between occupation
vi. The role of government in
determining wages within
an occupation
vii. Reasons for differences in
wages between sexes

i. concepts of unemployment,
11. LABOUR MARKET (TWO) unemployment and underemployment
ii. Types of unemployment
iii.Causes of unemployment
iv. Policies to reduce
unemployment
v. Trade Unions
vi. The role of trade union in
determining wages
vii. Trade disputes
viii. Collective Bargaining
ix. Weapons or instruments of
trade unions
x. Problems of trade unions
xi. Prospects of trade unions in
West Africa
xii. Employers Association
xiii.
12. REVISION

13. EXAMINATION