JAMB Syllabus for Arabic 2025/2026 PDF Download

You can download the complete JAMB syllabus for Arabic 2025/2026 in PDF or read it here on this web page. The JAMB Arabic Syllabus is where the JAMB Arabic questions for the 2025 JAMB exam will be set.

Kindly make time to study all the topics on this syllabus.

JAMB Syllabus for Arabic 2025/2026

Below is the topics in the JAMB Syllabus for Arabic 2025/2026:

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION

• Passage reading and comprehension
• Identifying the main themes of the passage
• Deduction of lessons from the passage
• Interpreting the meanings of particular words
• Giving an appropriate title to the passage

SECTION B: TRANSLATION

• Translation from English to Arabic and vice versa
• Interpretation of idiomatic expressions in both Arabic and English
• Transfer of ideas expressed in Arabic to English and vice versa
• Effective communication in Arabic and English

SECTION C: GRAMMAR

• Demonstrative, relative, conditional, and interrogative pronouns
• Gender (masculine and feminine)
• Characteristics of noun
• Dual
• Plurals
• Construct phrases
• Separable and inseparable pronouns
• Appendants
• Prepositions
• Transitive and intransitive verbs
• Perfect and imperfect verbs
• Imperative verbs
• Modifiers
• Trilateral and derived verbs
• Derivatives
• Conditional sentence
• Numeral (1 – 1000).
• Active and passive voices
• Subject and predicate.
• Nouns in the accusative

SECTION D: COMPOSITION

This section consists of five (5) questions on subjects relating to the lives and environment of the candidates, e.g. education, culture, health, politics, economy, sports, and current affairs.

SECTION E: ARABIC LITERATURE

This section consists of ten (10) questions on notable literary figures and their works cutting across various periods which include the following:

• Introduction to Arabic literature.
• The Pre-Islamic Period (500 – 610 C.E.).
• The Islamic Period (610 – 1798 C.E.)
• The Modern Period (1978 to date).
• Arabic Literature in West Africa.

FAQs

What Are the Main Topics in Arabic for JAMB?

How Can I Get a High Score in JAMB Arabic?

This JAMB Arabic Syllabus guides all candidates who register to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on the English language content to be tested in the examination.

The examination is designed to test the knowledge of candidates in any and every aspect of the syllabus developed for Arabic. It is therefore expected that candidates for the UTME must have adequate knowledge covering the entire syllabus of the English Language subject.

Particular attention must be paid to recommended books and literature for some subjects, as questions would be set from such references in the 2025 JAMB UTME.

To encourage the culture of reading, a compulsory recommended book is usually sold to every candidate at the point of registration. The content of the book is tested as part of the questions in Arabic which is compulsory for every candidate. Therefore, every candidate is advised to ensure that he/she is given a copy of the book at the point of registration.

JAMB 2025 Arabic Syllabus PDF Download

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Conclusion

The UTME Syllabus is a dynamic document that is reviewed periodically, with attendant changes to its content and recommended books for the different subjects. Given this, candidates are to ensure that they are up to date with the syllabus content for each subject in the year of their examination.

If you have any questions regarding this JAMB Syllabus for Arabic 2025/2026, don’t hesitate to ask via the comment section.

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