Family planning

Contents & notes: what this topic covers

Under Family planning, the JAMB Physical and Health Education syllabus expects you to study:

• 3. Family planning a. Definition and importance b. Advantages and disadvantages of various methods of family planning –condom, pills, uterine device, abstinence.
• c. Challenges of families in Nigeria –pre- marital sex, extra marital sex, widowhood.
• d. Agencies promoting healthy family living – school, NGO, religions homes.
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Study notes & guidance

Study Family planning using a recommended Physical and Health Education textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Physical and Health Education, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Objectives — candidates should be able to

After studying Family planning, you should be able to:

1. Define family planning and state its importance;
2. Identify the various methods of family planning and state their advantages;
3. State the challenges facing family life;
4. Identify agencies promoting healthy family living.

These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Source: official JAMB UTME Physical and Health Education syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.