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O-Level Syllabuses Examined in 2022

Here are the 2022 GCE O-Level examination syllabuses that are offered to school 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.

Cambridge Subjects

Subject TitleLanguage MediumSubject CodeSpecimen Papers for
Revised Syllabus
[Year of Posting]
English Language * English1128-
Arabic as a 3rd LanguageArabic1135-
Bahasa Indonesia as a 3rd LanguageBahasa Indonesia1136-
Literature in EnglishEnglish2065-
History # English2174-
GeographyEnglish2236-
Humanities (Social Studies, Geography)English2272-
Humanities (Social Studies, History)English2273-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in English)English2274-
Economics ^ English2286-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Chinese) + English2287-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Malay) + English2288-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Tamil) + English2289-
DramaEnglish2299-
SpanishSpanish3034-
HindiHindi3194-
UrduUrdu3196-
GujaratiGujarati3199-
PanjabiPanjabi3203-
BengaliBengali3215-
BurmeseBurmese3249-
ThaiThai3260-
FrenchFrench3917-
GermanGerman3918-
JapaneseJapanese3919Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
Paper 3 (Transcript)
[2020]
Mathematics * English4048-
Additional MathematicsEnglish4049Paper 1
Paper 2
[2020]
Science (Physics, Chemistry)English5076-
Science (Physics, Biology)English5077-
Science (Chemistry, Biology)English5078-
ElectronicsEnglish6063-
MusicEnglish6085-
Higher MusicEnglish6086-
Physics # English6091-
Chemistry # English6092-
Biology # English6093-
Nutrition and Food Science [Revised] English6097Paper 1
Paper 2
[2021]
ArtEnglish6123-
Higher ArtEnglish6124-
Design & TechnologyEnglish7059-
Business Studies ^English7085-
Principles of AccountsEnglish7087Paper 1
Paper 2
[2020]
ComputingEnglish7155-

* Last year of exam in 2023; for 5N and repeat 4E students only

# Last year of exam in 2023

^ These subjects are applicable only for candidates from schools approved to offer the subjects

+ Revision is only to Paper 2: Literature in Chinese (2287/2) / Literature in Malay (2288/2) / Literature in Tamil (2289/2). There is no revision to Paper 1 Social Studies. 2287/1, 2288/1, 2289/1, 2272/1, 2273/1 and 2274/1 share a common paper.

Applied Subjects

Subject TitleLanguage MediumSubject Code
BiotechnologyEnglishNP04
Design StudiesEnglishNP05
The above Applied Subjects are applicable only to candidates from schools that are approved to offer the subjects. If you are registering for Applied Subjects, you will need to pay the subject fees quoted by the examining agencies.

Local Subjects

Subject TitleLanguage MediumSubject Code
Higher ChineseChinese1116
Chinese B + Chinese1153
ChineseChinese1160
Chinese (Special Programme)Chinese1166
Literature in ChineseChinese2031
Higher MalayMalay1117
Malay (Special Programme)Malay1133
MalayMalay1148
Malay B + Malay1151
Literature in MalayMalay2032
Higher TamilTamil1147
Tamil B + Tamil1152
TamilTamil1157
Literature in TamilTamil2033
Exercise And Sports ScienceEnglish6081
+ Mother Tongue B is not a GCE O-Level subject