Starting from 2027, secondary school students in Singapore will no longer take the O- and N-level examinations. Instead, they will sit the Subject-Based Banding (SBB) exams, which allow them to take subjects at different levels based on their strengths and interests. The first batch of students to take the new exams will be in Secondary 1 in 2024.
SINGAPORE – From 2027, students graduating from secondary school will no longer take the O- and N-level examinations. Instead, they will sit theThe first batch of students taking the new exam are those in Secondary 1 in 2024.
The SEC examinations will continue to be jointly examined and awarded by the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board, MOE and Cambridge International Education.Under FSBB, students take subjects at three levels, known as G1, G2 and G3, mapped from the previous Normal , Normal and Express standards respectively.
The change was made then to allow students to take the exam twice, to meet the second-language requirement for pre-university. Furthermore, any grade improvement in the second sitting changed the post-secondary posting outcomes only for less than 2 per cent of the cohort who took the O-level MTL exams.
To recognise learning at the different subject levels, the polytechnic year 1 admission criteria will be changed when the first batch of students to sit the SEC exam enter a post-secondary institution in 2028.
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