2025 GCE Advanced Level Syllabuses Examined for Private Candidates
Here are the 2025 GCE A-Level examination syllabuses that are offered to private candidates. These subjects are examined at Higher 1 (H1) and Higher 2 (H2) levels.
For syllabuses that have been revised, the specimen papers are available on the website for three years, including the year of posting. We seek your understanding that some items / images / resources may not be available in these online specimen papers, due to copyright restrictions. In such cases, a description of the item / image / resource, and/or a web-link may be provided. The full specimen paper, in printed format, may be purchased from SEAB.
From 2017, certain papers of selected GCE A-Level subjects will be conducted in the e-Examination format (for example, e-Oral, e-Written). These subjects are as follows:
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Subject Title |
Subject Code |
Paper |
|---|---|---|
|
Chinese Language |
8655 |
2 |
|
Malay Language |
8656 |
2 |
|
Tamil Language |
8657 |
2 |
|
H2 Chinese Language & Literature |
9575 |
2 |
|
H2 Malay Language & Literature |
9576 |
2 |
|
H2 Tamil Language & Literature |
9577 |
2 |
Online Tutorial for Mother Tongue Language e-Oral examination and H2 Mother Tongue Language and Literature (H2 MTLL) e-written examination to understand the revised examination format.
Subjects Examined at A- and AO-Levels
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Subject Title |
Language Medium |
AO Subject Code |
A Subject Code |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Arabic |
8187 |
- |
|
|
Malay |
8058 |
- |
|
|
Malay |
8059 |
- |
|
|
Malay |
- |
9018 |
|
|
Malay |
- |
9019 |
Cambridge Subjects
|
Subject Title |
Language Medium |
H1 Subject Code |
H2 Subject Code |
Specimen Papers for
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bengali |
8827 |
- |
- |
|
|
Gujarati |
8828 |
- |
- |
|
|
Hindi |
8829 |
- |
- |
|
|
French # |
French |
8831 |
- |
- |
|
Literature in English [Revised] |
English |
8841 |
- |
Paper 1
|
|
German # |
German |
8833 |
- |
- |
|
English |
8834 |
- |
||
|
Japanese # |
Japanese |
8835 |
- |
- |
|
Panjabi |
8836 |
- |
- |
|
|
Urdu |
8837 |
- |
- |
|
|
English |
8838 |
- |
Paper 1
|
|
|
English |
8843 |
- |
|
|
|
Mathematics [Revised] |
English |
8865 |
- |
Paper 1 |
Printed Answer Booklet
|
|
Physics # |
English |
8867 |
- |
- |
|
English |
8873 |
- |
- |
|
|
Biology # |
English |
8876 |
- |
- |
|
Art # |
English |
8879 |
- |
- |
|
English |
8881 |
- |
||
|
English |
- |
9173 |
||
|
English |
- |
9174 |
||
|
English |
- |
9508 |
- |
|
|
Literature in English [Revised] |
English |
- |
9539 |
|
|
Computing [Revised] |
English |
- |
9569 |
|
|
English |
- |
9570 |
|
|
|
English |
- |
9587 |
- |
|
|
English |
- |
9593 |
- |
|
|
English |
- |
9628 |
- |
|
|
Further Mathematics [Revised] |
English |
- |
9649 |
Paper 1 |
Printed Answer Booklet
|
|
English |
- |
9729 |
- |
|
|
Biology * |
English |
- |
9744 |
- |
|
Physics * |
English |
- |
9749 |
- |
|
Mathematics [Revised] |
English |
- |
9758 |
Paper 1 |
Printed Answer Booklet
|
# Last year of exam in 2025.
* Last year of exam in 2026.
° Subject with e-Examination. Refer to e-Exam Resources for Private Candidates for
details.
List of Formulae and Results (MF27) for
the H1 Mathematics (8865), H2 Mathematics (9758) and H2 Further Mathematics
(9649) syllabuses.
Local Subjects
|
Subject Title |
Language Medium |
H1 Subject Code |
H2 Subject Code |
Specimen Papers for
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Chinese |
8655 |
- |
- |
|
|
Chinese |
- |
9571 |
- |
|
|
Chinese |
- |
9575 |
- |
|
|
China Studies in Chinese [Revised] |
Chinese |
- |
9629 |
|
|
Malay |
8656 |
- |
- |
|
|
Malay |
- |
9576 |
- |
|
|
Tamil |
8657 |
- |
- |
|
|
Tamil |
- |
9577 |
- |
Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents who would like to register for Mother Tongue Language Syllabus B can write to SEAB with their request.