O-Level Syllabuses Examined in 2024

Here are the 2024 GCE O-Level examination syllabuses that are offered to private candidates:

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 O-Level subjects will be conducted in the e-Examination format (for example, e-Oral). These subjects are as follows:

Subject Title Subject Code Paper
English 1184 4
Chinese 1160 3
Malay 1148 3
Tamil 1157 3
Higher Chinese 1116 3
Higher Malay 1117 3
Higher Tamil 1147 3

Online Tutorial for Mother Tongue Language and Higher Mother Tongue Language e-Oral examination to understand the revised examination format.

Cambridge Subjects

Subject Title Language Medium Subject Code Specimen Papers for
Revised Syllabus
[Year of Posting]
English Language English 1184 Paper 1 | Insert
Paper 2 | Insert
Paper 3 | Texts
Paper 4 | Video Clip
[2022]
Literature in English English 2065 -
History [Revised] English 2174 Paper 1
Paper 2
[2023]
Geography # English 2236 -
Humanities (Social Studies, Geography)
[Revised]
English 2260 Paper 1
Paper 2 | Insert
[2023]
Humanities (Social Studies, History)
[Revised]
English 2261 Paper 1
Paper 2

[2023]
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in English)
[Revised]
English 2262 Paper 1
[2023]
Humanities
(Social Studies, Geography)
#
English 2272 -
Humanities
(Social Studies, History)
#
English 2273 -
Humanities
(Social Studies, Literature in English)
#
English 2274 -
Geography [Revised] English 2279 Paper 1 | Insert
Paper 2 | Insert
[2023]
Economics English 2286 -
Humanities
(Social Studies, Literature in Chinese)
#
English 2287 -
Humanities
(Social Studies, Literature in Malay)
#
English 2288 -
Humanities
(Social Studies, Literature in Tamil)
#
English 2289 -
Spanish Spanish 3034 -
Arabic Arabic 3186 -
Hindi Hindi 3194 -
Urdu Urdu 3196 -
Gujarati Gujarati 3199 -
Panjabi Panjabi 3203 -
Bengali Bengali 3215 -
Burmese Burmese 3249 -
Thai Thai 3260 -
French French 3917 -
German German 3918 -
Japanese Japanese 3919 -
Additional Mathematics English 4049 -
Mathematics English 4052 Paper 1
Paper 2
[2022]
Science (Physics, Chemistry) # English 5076 -
Science (Physics, Biology) # English 5077 -
Science (Chemistry, Biology) # English 5078 -
Science (Physics, Chemistry) [Revised] English 5086 Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
Paper 5
[2023]
Science (Physics, Biology) [Revised] English 5087 Paper 1
Paper 5
[2023]
Science (Chemistry, Biology) [Revised] English 5088 Paper 1
Paper 3
Paper 4
Paper 5
[2023]
Physics [Revised] English 6091 Paper 1
Paper 2
[2023]
There is no specimen for Paper 3.
Chemistry [Revised] English 6092 Paper 1
Paper 2
[2023]
There is no specimen for Paper 3.
Biology [Revised] English 6093 Paper 1
Paper 2
[2023]
There is no specimen for Paper 3.
Business Studies English 7085 -
Principles of Accounts [Updated] ^ English 7087 Paper 2 | Insert
[
2023]
Computing
Software required:
  • Microsoft Office 2016 (Excel)
  • Python 3.5.2
English 7155 -

# Last year of exam in 2024

^ Change is to response format for Paper 2. The new response format requires candidates to write their answers on the question paper.

Local Subjects

Subject Title Language Medium Subject Code Specimen Papers
for Revised Syllabus
[Year of Posting]
Higher Chinese [Revised] Chinese 1116 Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
[2023]
Chinese [Revised] Chinese 1160 Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3 - Oral
Paper 3 - LC
[2023]
Literature in Chinese Chinese 2031 -
Higher Malay [Revised] Malay 1117 Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
[2023]
Malay [Revised] Malay 1148 Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3 - Oral
Paper 3 - LC
[2023]
Literature in Malay Malay 2032 -
Islamic Religious Knowledge Malay 2080 -
Higher Tamil [Revised] Tamil 1147 Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
[2023]
Tamil [Revised] Tamil 1157 Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3 - Oral
Paper 3 - LC
[2023]
Literature in Tamil Tamil 2033 -
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Chinese)
[Revised]
English 2263 Paper 1
[2023]
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Malay)
[Revised]
English 2264 Paper 1
[2023]
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Tamil)
[Revised]
English 2265 Paper 1
[2023]

Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents who would like to register for Mother Tongue Language Syllabus B can write to SEAB with their request.