O-Level Syllabuses Examined in 2024

Here are the 2024 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]
Arabic as a 3rd Language Arabic1135-
Bahasa Indonesia as a 3rd Language Bahasa Indonesia 1136-
English Language English1184Paper 1 | Insert
Paper 2 | Insert
Paper 3 | Texts
Paper 4 | Video Clip
[2022]
Literature in English English2065-
History [Revised] English2174Paper 1
Paper 2
[2023]
Geography # English2236-
Humanities (Social Studies, Geography)
[Revised]
English2260Paper 1 
Paper 2 |  Insert
[2023]
Humanities (Social Studies, History)
[Revised]
English2261Paper 1
Paper 2
[2023]
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in English)
[Revised]
English2262Paper 1
[2023]
Humanities (Social Studies, Geography) # English2272-
Humanities (Social Studies, History) # English2273-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in English) # English2274-
Geography [Revised] English2279Paper 1 | Insert
Paper 2 | Insert
[2023] 
Economics + English 2286 -
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Chinese) # English2287-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Malay) # English2288-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Tamil) # English2289 
Drama English2299-
Spanish Spanish3034-
Hindi Hindi3194-
Urdu Urdu3196-
Gujarati Gujarati3199-
Panjabi Panjabi3203-
Bengali Bengali3215-
Burmese Burmese3249-
Thai Thai3260-
French French3917-
German German3918-
Japanese Japanese3919-
Additional Mathematics English4049-
MathematicsEnglish4052Paper 1
Paper 2
[2022]
Science (Physics, Chemistry) # English5076-
Science (Physics, Biology) # English5077-
Science (Chemistry, Biology) # English5078-
Science (Physics, Chemistry) [Revised] English5086Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
Paper 5
[2023]
Science (Physics, Biology) [Revised] English5087Paper 1
Paper 5
[2023]
Science (Chemistry, Biology)[Revised] English5088Paper 1
Paper 3
Paper 4
Paper 5
[2023]
Electronics English6063-
Music English6085-
Higher Music English6086-
Physics [Revised] English6091Paper 1
Paper 2
[2023]
There is no specimen for Paper3.
Chemistry [Revised] English 6092 Paper 1
Paper 2
[2023]
There is no specimen for Paper3.
Biology [Revised] English6093Paper 1
Paper 2
[2023]
There is no specimen for Paper3.
Nutrition and Food Science English6097 
Art English6123-
Higher Art English6124-
Design & Technology English7059-
Business Studies + English7085-
Principles of Accounts [Updated] ^ English7087Paper 2 | Insert
[2023]
Computing English7155-

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

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

# Last year of exam in 2024; for 5N(A) candidates only.

Applied Subjects

Subject TitleLanguage MediumSubject Code
Biotechnology EnglishNP04
Design Studies EnglishNP05

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 CodeSpecimen Papers for Revised Syllabus [Year of Posting]
Higher Chinese [Revised] Chinese1116Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
[2023]
Chinese B [Revised] + Chinese 1153 Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3 - Oral
Paper 3 - LC
[2023]
Chinese [Revised] Chinese1160Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3 - Oral
Paper 3 - LC
[2023]
Chinese (Special Programme) Chinese1166-
Literature in Chinese Chinese2031-
Higher Malay [Revised] Malay1117Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
[2023]
Malay (Special Programme) Malay1133-
Malay [Revised] Malay1148Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3 - Oral
Paper 3 - LC
[2023]
Malay B [Revised] + Malay1151Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3 - Oral
Paper 3 - LC
[2023]
Literature in Malay Malay2032-
Higher Tamil [Revised] Tamil1147Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
[2023]
Tamil B [Revised] + Tamil1152Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3 - Oral
Paper 3 - LC
[2023]
Tamil [Revised] Tamil1157Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3 - Oral
Paper 3 - LC
[2023]
Literature in Tamil Tamil2033-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Chinese)
[Revised]
English2263Paper 1
[2023]
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Malay)
[Revised]
English2264Paper 1
[2023]
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Tamil)
[Revised]
English2265Paper 1
[2023]
Exercise And Sports Science English6081-
+ Mother Tongue B is not a GCE O-Level subject.