Home Economics at Education Always

Home Economics is a practical subject that equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to manage a home effectively, make healthy food choices, care for family members, and live responsibly. In Ghana, Home Economics is an elective programme at SHS. It is a subject with real everyday value and strong career pathways in catering, nutrition, hospitality, fashion, and early childhood education.

Home Economics Strands at SHS

The Home Economics programme at SHS is made up of core areas studied by all students in the programme, plus elective specialisations.

Food and Nutrition

  • Classes of food: carbohydrates, proteins, fats and oils, vitamins, minerals, and water
  • Functions of nutrients in the body and deficiency diseases
  • Balanced diet and meal planning for different groups: children, pregnant women, the elderly
  • Food preparation methods: boiling, frying, baking, steaming, roasting
  • Food preservation and storage techniques
  • Food hygiene and safety: preventing food contamination and foodborne illness
  • Ghanaian foods: their nutritional value and preparation
  • Budgeting for food: shopping, costs, and value for money

Clothing and Textiles

  • Types of fibres: natural (cotton, wool, silk) and synthetic (nylon, polyester)
  • Properties of different fabrics and their appropriate uses
  • Sewing skills: using a sewing machine, stitches, seams, and fastenings
  • Pattern making and garment construction
  • Care of clothing: washing, ironing, and storage of different fabrics
  • Ghanaian textiles: kente, batik, tie-dye, and their cultural significance

Management in Living

  • Home management: planning, organising, and managing a household
  • Family resources: time, money, energy, and how to use them wisely
  • Child development: stages of growth, care of infants and young children
  • Family health: personal hygiene, disease prevention, and first aid
  • Consumer education: making wise purchasing decisions
  • Housing and home furnishing: types of housing in Ghana, maintenance and decoration

General Knowledge in Art

  • Elements and principles of art and design
  • Art appreciation and Ghanaian artistic heritage
  • Applied arts in the home: crafts, decorative arts, and functional design

Career Pathways in Home Economics

A background in Home Economics opens doors to careers in catering and food service, hotel and hospitality management, nutrition and dietetics, fashion design and dressmaking, early childhood care and development, and consumer protection. Ghana’s growing hospitality industry makes these skills highly relevant.

Browse our Home Economics lessons and practice questions to build your practical and theoretical knowledge for WASSCE.