Personal Health

Contents & notes: what this topic covers

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

• 1. Personal Health a. Meaning and importance of personal health i. Meaning of personal health ii. Importance of personal health b. Personal Hygiene –care of various body parts (teeth, mouth, hair, skin, hands and nails) c. Method of promotion and maintenance of personal health –exercise, nutrition, regular medical check-up;
• d. Personal health screening i. Eye defects and their corrections –myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism.
• ii. Auditory defects and their corrections (Otistis media, partial deafness) iii. Dental diseases (dental caries, gingivitis)

Study notes & guidance

Study Personal Health 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 Personal Health, you should be able to:

1. Define personal health and state its importance;
2. Differentiate the care of various parts of the body;
3. State the methods of promoting and maintaining personal health;
4. State the outcome of personal health screening for the eye; ear and dental.

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.