Storekeeping is a key subject that teaches students how to manage inventory, understand storage logistics, and ensure smooth supply chain operations. For students in Senior Secondary School 2 (SSS2), studying storekeeping as a subject provides practical insights into how businesses and industries work.
This subject helps students learn to manage inventory, handle supplies, and operate storage systems, which are important skills in today’s economy. Studying storekeeping can lead to many career opportunities, such as becoming a store manager, inventory analyst, warehouse supervisor, or supply chain coordinator. These skills are useful in many fields, including manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and logistics.
The Lagos state unified scheme of work for Store keeping in SSS2 combines theoretical knowledge with practical experience. Students will participate in hands-on activities, case studies, and field trips to warehouses and storage facilities to prepare for real-world challenges.
Assessment methods for Store keeping in Nigerian schools include written exams, continuous assessments, practical tasks, project work, class participation, field trips with reports, practical demonstrations, oral exams, group assignments, and practical logbooks. These methods comprehensively evaluate students’ theoretical knowledge and practical skills in managing inventory, storage systems, and supply chain operations.
Grading follows a scale from A to F, with A representing excellent performance, typically scoring around 70% or 80%, and F indicating failure, usually below 50% or 45%
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| LAGOS STATE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION UNIFIED SCHEMES OF WORK FOR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS | ||
| Store Keeping Scheme of Work for Senior Secondary Schools 2(SSS2) | ||
| CLASS | S.S.S. 2 | |
| SUBJECT | Store Keeping | |
| TERM | First Term | |
| WEEK | TOPICS | Learning Objectives |
| 1 | Revision/career opportunities | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. describe career 2. identify career opportunities |
| 2 | Job opportunities in store keeping | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. identify various job opportunities in store keeping e.g cold room, storage room, warehousing etc |
| 3 | Required skills for jobs available in store keeping | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. discuss skills required for store keeping |
| 4 | Equipment and facilities | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. identify the various equipment and facilities used in storekeeping 2. recognize various equipment and facilities used in store keeping |
| 5 | Uses of equipment in store keeping | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. identify the various uses of each of any equipment and facilities 2. describe the care of each of the equipment and facilities |
| 6 | Safety | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: Apply safety in workplace |
| 7 | MID TERM BREAK | |
| 8 | Health and Safety Act of 1974 | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: Examine the health and safety act of 1974 |
| 9 | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. enumerate various methods of providing safety in workplace e.g fire extinguisher, first aid box etc | |
| 10 | Safety wears and their uses | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. identify different safety wears 2. analyse the uses of safety wears |
| 11 | Safety precautions | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. identify safety precautions in workplace e.g spilling of slippery materials, wearing personal protective materials(PPE) |
| 12 | Revision | |
| 13 | Examination | |
| CLASS | S.S.S. 2 | |
| SUBJECT | Store Keeping | |
| TERM | Second Term | |
| WEEK | TOPICS | Learning Objectives |
| 1 | Welcome test/environmental issues | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. describe an environment 2. appraise the importance of a healthy environment |
| 2 | Important issues in health and environment | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. identify important issues in health 2. identify important issues in environment |
| 3 | Store keeping documents | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. enumerate store keeping documents e.g stock, ledger, material requisition, note, bin card 2.describe different types of store keeping document |
| 4 | Importance of store keeping documents | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. identify importance of each store keeping documents |
| 5 | Uses of store keeping documents | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. describe the uses of each store keeping documents e.g stock, ledger, materials requisition, note,bin card 2. describe different types of store keeping documents |
| 6 | Types of goods to be warehoused | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. identify types of goods to be warehoused 2. describe factors to be considered in warehousing goods |
| 7 | Mid Term Break | |
| 8 | Warehouse for particular type of good | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. select appropriate warehouse for particular type of goods |
| 9 | Government regulations | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. identify government regulations in warehousing 2. identify various government agencies regulating warehousing 3. describe the function of each of the agencies e.g NAFDAC, SON etc |
| 10 | a. Basic concepts of entrepreneurship b. Entrepreneurship education c. Qualities of an entrepreneur d. Importance of entrepreneurship | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. explain the term entrepreneurship; 2. examine the concept entrepreneurship education critically; 3. outline the importance of entrepreneurship 4. analyze the qualities of an entrepreneur |
| 11 | Regulations on storage facilities | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. enumerate the government regulations on storage facilities e.g Bottled and sachet water storage, Breweries storage |
| 12 | Revision | |
| 13 | Examination | |
| CLASS | S.S.S 2 | |
| SUBJECT | Store keeping | |
| TERM | Third Term | |
| WEEK | TOPICS | Learning Objectives |
| 1 | Welcome test/Requisition procedure | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. discuss the procedures for requisition |
| 2 | Requisition procedure | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. outline the documents involved in requisitioning procedures 2. discuss the documents involved in requisitioning procedures |
| 3 | Valuation of stocks | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. discuss the meaning of valuation 2. describe valuation of stock 3. enumerate the reason for valuation of stock 4. name and calculate methods of valuation of stocks e.g FIFO, LIFO etc |
| 4 | Identification of stores | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. identify store 2. enumerate the need for identification of store |
| 5 | Classification of materials in stores | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. classify materials in stores |
| 6 | Codification system | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. identify codification system 2. justify each codification system e.g alphabetical numerals etc |
| 7 | Mid Term Break | |
| 8 | Practical codification of materials in a store | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. demonstrate how to code material in a store |
| 9 | Basic concepts of marketing -Meaning of marketing -Methods of marketing -Importance of marketing -Marketing distribution of channel chart | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. describe the term marketing 2. examine the methods of marketing 3. analyze the importance of marketing 4. create a flowchart of the marketing of channel of distribution |
| 10 | Marketing continued a. product branding b. product packaging c. costing d. pricing | By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. highlight the factors to be considered in product price tag 2. distinguish between the term packaging/ branding 3. develop a feasibility study of setting up a profitable business or a production unit 4. creatively design, a befitting package for their product |
| 11 | Revision | |
| 12-13 | Examination | |
The recommended textbooks for Store Keeping in SSS2 include:
Simplified and Amplified Store Management for SSS by Femi Longe Longe Ventures.
