.: SEAB - GCE A-Level Examination


	The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) Examination is conducted in Singapore annually.
	The Ministry of Education, Singapore & the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate are the joint examining authorities for the Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level examination.
	Candidates' applications to sit the examination are accepted on the condition that they adhere to all the regulations governing the examination.
	Mother Tongue B is not an AO, A, H1 or H2-Level subject. Performance in the Chinese B (8281) / Malay B (8381) / Tamil B (8481) is indicated as Merit, Pass or Ungraded. Candidates who pass the Mother Tongue B will be deemed to have met the Mother Tongue requirement for admission to University. However, no consideration will be given in the computation of university admission score.

	The New 2006 A-Level Examinations
	In 2006, a new A-Level curriculum was introduced in the Junior Colleges and Centralised Institute. Since breadth of learning and flexibility are key elements in the revised syllabus, it is important that the A-Level examination changes in tandem to support that breadth and flexibility. To this end, the Ministry of Education, the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board worked together to redesign the examination so that subjects can be taken at three levels: H1, H2 and H3.
	H2 is equivalent to the previous Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level subjects in terms of academic demand and rigour. An H1 subject has about half the content of H2, but the content would be studied to the same depth as it is at H2. An H3 subject, which is an extension of an H2 subject, entails an in-depth study of a particular area that the student has the ability for and a passionate interest in. For instance, an H3 subject could involve the study of more advanced content of an existing area of the H2 curriculum, or it could be a research essay, or even a module offered by a university.
	This tiered structure allows students to choose the levels at which they wish to study their various subjects, and thus provides the opportunity for them to achieve their personal peaks of excellence.
	In order to achieve an optimum workload, students sitting the A-Level examination offer a mixture of compulsory and optional subjects. Other than the core H1 subjects, Mother Tongue Language, Project Work and General Paper, the typical student also offers three H2 and one H1 content-based subjects, one of which is a subject from a contrasting discipline. This will provide the student with a broad base of learning and is in line with the multi-disciplinary approach to study at university.
	The more able students who have the passion for a particular subject and the time to manage workload beyond the normal subject combination can offer an additional H1 or H2 subject or further specialise by offering up to two H3 subjects. A small group of the most able students may offer a new H2 subject, Knowledge and Inquiry, in lieu of General Paper.

This page is last updated on 18 January 2008.

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