O-Level Syllabuses Examined in 2025
Here are the 2025 GCE O-Level 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 will be conducted in the e-Examination format (for example, e-Oral). These subjects are as follows:
| Subject Title | Subject Code | Paper |
|---|
| English | 1184 | 4 |
| Chinese | 1160 | 3 |
| Malay | 1148 | 3 |
| Tamil | 1157 | 3 |
| Higher Chinese | 1116 | 3 |
| Higher Malay | 1117 | 3 |
| Higher Tamil | 1147 | 3 |
Online Tutorial for Mother Tongue Language and Higher Mother Tongue Language e-Oral examination to understand the revised examination format.
Cambridge Subjects
^ Change is to response format for Paper 2. The new response format requires candidates to write answers on the question paper.
Local Subjects
Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents who would like to register for Mother Tongue Language Syllabus B can write to SEAB with their request.