2026 GCE Advanced Level Syllabuses Examined for Private Candidates
Here are the 2026 GCE A-Level examination syllabuses that are offered to private candidates. These subjects are examined at Higher 1 (H1) and Higher 2 (H2) levels.
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 A-Level subjects will be conducted in the e-Examination format (for example, e-Oral, e-Written). These subjects are as follows:
Subject Title |
Subject Code |
Paper |
---|---|---|
Chinese Language |
8655 |
2 |
Malay Language |
8656 |
2 |
Tamil Language |
8657 |
2 |
H2 Chinese Language & Literature |
9575 |
2 |
H2 Malay Language & Literature |
9576 |
2 |
H2 Tamil Language & Literature |
9577 |
2 |
Online Tutorial for Mother Tongue Language e-Oral examination and H2 Mother Tongue Language and Literature (H2 MTLL) e-written examination to understand the revised examination format.
Subjects Examined at A- and AO-Levels
Subject Title |
Language Medium |
AO Subject Code |
A Subject Code |
---|---|---|---|
Arabic |
8187 |
- |
|
Malay |
8058 |
- |
|
Malay |
8059 |
- |
|
Malay |
- |
9018 |
|
Malay |
- |
9019 |
Cambridge Subjects
Subject Title |
Language Medium |
H1 Subject Code |
H2 Subject Code |
Specimen Papers for
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Bengali |
8827 |
- |
- |
|
Gujarati |
8828 |
- |
- |
|
Hindi |
8829 |
- |
- |
|
French [Revised] |
French |
8831 |
- |
Paper 1 |
Transcript
|
English |
8841 |
- |
Paper 1
|
|
German [Revised] |
German |
8833 |
- |
Paper 1 |
Transcript
|
English |
8834 |
- |
- |
|
Japanese [Revised] |
Japanese |
8835 |
- |
- |
Panjabi |
8836 |
- |
- |
|
Urdu |
8837 |
- |
- |
|
History ° |
English |
8838 |
- |
- |
English |
8843 |
- |
- |
|
English |
8865 |
- |
Paper 1 |
Printed Answer Booklet
|
|
Physics [Revised] |
English |
8867 |
- |
|
Chemistry [Revised] |
English |
8873 |
- |
|
Biology [Revised] |
English |
8876 |
- |
|
Art [Revised] |
English |
8879 |
- |
- |
English |
8881 |
- |
- |
|
English |
- |
9173 |
- |
|
History ° |
English |
- |
9174 |
- |
Chemistry [Revised] |
English |
- |
9476 |
|
Biology [Revised] |
English |
- |
9477 |
|
Physics [Revised] |
English |
- |
9478 |
|
English |
- |
9508 |
- |
|
English |
- |
9539 |
||
Computing
|
English |
- |
9569 |
|
English |
- |
9570 |
|
|
English |
- |
9587 |
- |
|
English |
- |
9593 |
- |
|
English |
- |
9628 |
- |
|
English |
- |
9649 |
Paper 1 |
Printed Answer Booklet
|
|
English |
- |
9729 |
- |
|
Biology * |
English |
- |
9744 |
- |
Physics * |
English |
- |
9749 |
- |
English |
- |
9758 |
Paper 1 |
Printed Answer Booklet
|
° Subject with e-Examination. Refer to e-Exam Resources for Private Candidates for
details.
* Last year of exam in 2026.
List of Formulae and Results (MF27) for
the H1 Mathematics (8865), H2 Mathematics (9758) and H2 Further Mathematics
(9649) syllabuses.
Data Booklet for
H1 Chemistry (8873) and H2 Chemistry (9476) syllabuses.
Local Subjects
Subject Title |
Language Medium |
H1 Subject Code |
H2 Subject Code |
Specimen Papers for
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese |
8655 |
- |
- |
|
Chinese |
- |
9571 |
- |
|
Chinese |
- |
9575 |
- |
|
China Studies in Chinese [Revised] |
Chinese |
- |
9629 |
- |
Malay |
8656 |
- |
- |
|
Malay |
- |
9576 |
- |
|
Tamil |
8657 |
- |
- |
|
Tamil |
- |
9577 |
- |
Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents who would like to register for Mother Tongue Language Syllabus B can write to SEAB with their request.