(2027 SEC) G3 Syllabuses for Private Candidates
This page lists the 2027 G3 syllabuses offered to private candidates
Last updated 11 May 2026
Here are the G3 subject syllabuses under the 2027 Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) examinations 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:
Table shows the list of subjects with their corresponding papers that are conducted in e-Examination format
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
Table showing list of Cambridge subjects
Subject Title | Language Medium | Subject Code (2027) | Subject Code for reference (2026 and earlier) | Specimen Papers for |
English | K300 | 1184 | - | |
English | K331 | 2065 | - | |
History ° | English | K330 | 2174 | - |
English | K335 | 2260 | - | |
English | K336 | 2261 | - | |
English | K337 | 2262 | - | |
English | K329 | 2279 | - | |
English | K343 | 2286 | ||
Spanish | K373 | 3034 | - | |
Hindi | K360 | 3194 | - | |
Urdu | K362 | 3196 | - | |
Gujarati | K359 | 3199 | - | |
Panjabi | K361 | 3203 | - | |
Bengali | K358 | 3215 | - | |
Burmese | K369 | 3249 | - | |
Thai | K374 | 3260 | - | |
French | K370 | 3917 | - | |
German | K371 | 3918 | - | |
Japanese | K372 | 3919 | - | |
English | K341 | 4049 | - | |
English | K310 | 4052 | - | |
English | K326 | 5086 | - | |
English | K327 | 5087 | - | |
English | K328 | 5088 | - | |
English | K323 | 6091 | - | |
English | K324 | 6092 | - | |
English | K325 | 6093 | - | |
English | K344 | 7085 | ||
Principles of Accounts | English | K342 | 7087 | Insert |
Computing
| 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
Table showing list of local subjects
Subject Title | Language Medium | Subject Code (2027) | Subject Code for reference (2026 and earlier) | Specimen Papers |
Chinese | K355 | 1116 | - | |
Chinese | K320 | 1160 | - | |
Chinese | K332 | 2031 | - | |
Malay | K356 | 1117 | - | |
Malay | K321 | 1148 | - | |
Malay | K333 | 2032 | - | |
Islamic Religious Knowledge | Malay | K363 | 2080 | |
Arabic | K386 | 3186 | - | |
Tamil | K357 | 1147 | - | |
Tamil | K322 | 1157 | - | |
Tamil | K334 | 2033 | - | |
English | K338 | 2263 | - | |
English | K339 | 2264 | - | |
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.