2025 GCE Advanced Level Syllabuses Examined for Private Candidates
Here are the 2025 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 # |
French |
8831 |
- |
- |
Literature in English [Revised] |
English |
8841 |
- |
Paper 1
|
German # |
German |
8833 |
- |
- |
English |
8834 |
- |
||
Japanese # |
Japanese |
8835 |
- |
- |
Panjabi |
8836 |
- |
- |
|
Urdu |
8837 |
- |
- |
|
English |
8838 |
- |
Paper 1
|
|
English |
8843 |
- |
|
|
Mathematics [Revised] |
English |
8865 |
- |
Paper 1 |
Printed Answer Booklet
|
Physics # |
English |
8867 |
- |
- |
English |
8873 |
- |
- |
|
Biology # |
English |
8876 |
- |
- |
Art # |
English |
8879 |
- |
- |
English |
8881 |
- |
||
English |
- |
9173 |
||
English |
- |
9174 |
||
English |
- |
9508 |
- |
|
Literature in English [Revised] |
English |
- |
9539 |
|
Computing [Revised] |
English |
- |
9569 |
|
English |
- |
9570 |
|
|
English |
- |
9587 |
- |
|
English |
- |
9593 |
- |
|
English |
- |
9628 |
- |
|
Further Mathematics [Revised] |
English |
- |
9649 |
Paper 1 |
Printed Answer Booklet
|
English |
- |
9729 |
- |
|
Biology * |
English |
- |
9744 |
- |
Physics * |
English |
- |
9749 |
- |
Mathematics [Revised] |
English |
- |
9758 |
Paper 1 |
Printed Answer Booklet
|
# Last year of exam in 2025.
* Last year of exam in 2026.
° Subject with e-Examination. Refer to e-Exam Resources for Private Candidates for
details.
List of Formulae and Results (MF27) for
the H1 Mathematics (8865), H2 Mathematics (9758) and H2 Further Mathematics
(9649) 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.