(2027 SEC) G3 Syllabuses for Private Candidates

Here are the 2027 Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) Level G3 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 are conducted in the e-Examination format (for example, e-Oral). This will continue to apply to these G3 subjects under the SEC examinations. These subjects are as follows:

Subject Title	Subject Code (2027)	Subject Code for reference (2026 and earlier)	Paper
English	K300	1184	4
Chinese	K320	1160	3
Malay	K321	1148	3
Tamil	K322	1157	3
Higher Chinese	K355	1116	3
Higher Malay	K356	1117	3
Higher Tamil	K357	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 (2027)	Subject Code for reference (2026 and earlier)	Specimen Papers for Revised Syllabus [Year of Posting]
English Language	English	K300	1184	-
Literature in English	English	K331	2065	-
History °	English	K330	2174	-
Humanities (Social Studies, Geography)	English	K335	2260	-
Humanities (Social Studies, History)	English	K336	2261	-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in English)	English	K337	2262	-
Geography	English	K329	2279	-
Economics	English	K343	2286	Paper 1 Paper 2 [2026]
Spanish	Spanish	K373	3034	-
Hindi	Hindi	K360	3194	-
Urdu	Urdu	K362	3196	-
Gujarati	Gujarati	K359	3199	-
Panjabi	Panjabi	K361	3203	-
Bengali	Bengali	K358	3215	-
Burmese	Burmese	K369	3249	-
Thai	Thai	K374	3260	-
French	French	K370	3917	-
German	German	K371	3918	-
Japanese	Japanese	K372	3919	-
Additional Mathematics	English	K341	4049	-
Mathematics	English	K310	4052	-
Science (Physics, Chemistry)	English	K326	5086	-
Science (Physics, Biology)	English	K327	5087	-
Science (Chemistry, Biology)	English	K328	5088	-
Physics	English	K323	6091	-
Chemistry	English	K324	6092	-
Biology	English	K325	6093	-
Business	English	K344	7085	Paper 1 Paper 2 \| Insert [2026]
Principles of Accounts [Refined]*	English	K342	7087	Paper 1 Paper 2 \| Insert [2026]
Computing Software: Microsoft Office (Excel) Python JupyterLab Desktop	English	K349	7155

° Subject with e-Examination. Refer to e-Exam Resources for Private Candidates for details.

* Changes in syllabus content only. No change to scheme of assessment.

Local Subjects

Subject Title	Language Medium	Subject Code (2027)	Subject Code for reference (2026 and earlier)	Specimen Papers for Revised Syllabus [Year of Posting]
Higher Chinese	Chinese	K355	1116	-
Chinese	Chinese	K320	1160	-
Literature in Chinese	Chinese	K332	2031	-
Higher Malay	Malay	K356	1117	-
Malay	Malay	K321	1148	-
Literature in Malay	Malay	K333	2032	-
Islamic Religious Knowledge _{Note: Religious Knowledge cannot be used as one of the best-scoring subjects for aggregate score computation for JC and Millennia Institute admission. See} _link _.	Malay	K363	2080	Paper 1 Paper 2 [2025]
Arabic	Arabic	K386	3186	-
Higher Tamil	Tamil	K357	1147	-
Tamil	Tamil	K322	1157	-
Literature in Tamil	Tamil	K334	2033	-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Chinese)	English	K338	2263	-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Malay)	English	K339	2264	-
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Tamil)	English	K340	2265	-

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