2022 Registration Information For Private Candidates - SEAB

2022 Singapore-Cambridge GCE N(T), N(A), O & A-Level

Examinations

Registration Information for Private Candidates

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction

SECTION 1: REGISTERING FOR NATIONAL EXAMINATION

2. Registration 2.1. Registration Period and Eligibility 2.2. Examination Subjects 2.3. Examination Fees 2.4. Amendments to Registered Subjects

3. Withdrawal and Refund 3.1. Withdrawal from The Entire Examination 3.2. Refund 3.3. Application for Admission to Tertiary Institutions

4. Access Arrangement 4.1. Application for Access Arrangements 4.2. Annotation on Results Slip and Certificates

5. Key Reminders

ANNEXES

ANNEX A: Subjects examined N(T)- and N(A)-Level O-Level A and AO Level H1 and H2-Level

Key to Icon Important Information

Important dates

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1. INTRODUCTION

? The Cambridge Assessment International Education, the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore and Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) are the joint examining authorities for the examinations.

? The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Normal (Technical), Normal (Academic), Ordinary and Advanced Level Examinations are administered by SEAB.

? Before registering for any examination subject(s), you are advised to read the information contained herein thoroughly. By registering for the examination(s),you agree to comply with all examination instructions and regulations stipulated by SEAB.

? SEAB may issue additional instructions for the conduct of specific papers (for example, written papers, oral, and practical papers) at any time leading up to the date of the examinations. Any new or updated instructions are part of the examination rules and regulations and will take immediate effect unless specifically stated. Any new or updated instructions will be sent to the email address which you had provided to SEAB during your registration. These instructions will also be updated on SEAB's website at .sg.

? The national examination question papers are copyrighted. You are not allowed to post online, publish or reproduce the national examination question papers in any form without permission from SEAB. SEAB will take all necessary actions, including penalties against candidates if there are any copyright infringements.

? No part of this document, whether image, text or otherwise, may be copied, reproduced, published, adapted, modified, distributed, transmitted, communicated and/or stored in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of SEAB.

? For any queries, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions page on SEAB's website or submit your query via this feedback form.

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2. REGISTRATION

2.1. REGISTRATION PERIOD AND ELIGIBILITY

You may register for the 2022 Singapore-Cambridge GCE N(T)-, N(A)-, O- and/or A-Level examination(s) through SEAB's Candidates Portal from 28 March - 13 April 2022.

Regular updates on the registration, examination schedules and important dates would be given on SEAB's website. You are advised to check SEAB's website regularly.

The minimum age requirements and maximum number of registrable subjects for each examination level are indicated below:

Examination Level GCE N(A)- and N(T)- Level

GCE O-Level GCE A-Level

Minimum Age Required as at 1st January 2022

15 15

17

Maximum Number of Subjects Allowed

8 9 ? 5 H1 subjects and 3 H2 subjects; or ? 3 H1 subjects and 4 H2 subjects

School candidates who are enrolled in Government/ Government-Aided/ Independent/ Specialised schools must not register as private candidates. If you are a school candidate, your registration as a private candidate will be invalidated and any paid examinations fees will be forfeited.

2.2. EXAMINATION SUBJECTS

Science Subjects with Practical components

If you are registering for a Science subject with a practical paper, you must:

? Have sat the same Science subject(s) previously, OR

? are currently attending or will be attending a course of instruction in Science practical at any institute/school. You must complete the course of instruction in Science practical at the institute/school enrolled in.

You are required to declare that you have fulfilled the above requirements at the point of registration. Registration for the subject may be cancelled without a refund of the examination fees if a false declaration is made.

Mother Tongue Language Subjects

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(a) You may choose to sit for the GCE O-Level and/or A-Level Mother Tongue Language (MTL) subjects during the Mid-Year and/or Year-End examinations. You are required to indicate your selection during the registration period.

(b) If you have sat the GCE O-Level and/or A-Level Mid-Year MTL examination, you may register to re-sit the GCE O- Level and/or A-Level Year-End MTL examination after the release of the Mid-Year results in August 2022. Please note that you will only be allowed to re-sit the written papers.

(c) You will be advised on the Year-End MTL examination registration procedures when the Mid-Year MTL examination results are released.

(d) You will only receive one result slip reflecting all the subjects which you had sat for in the examination year when the GCE-Level examination results are released. If you sit for your MTL subject in both the Mid-Year and Year-End examinations, the better result of the two sittings will be reflected on your result slip.

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2.2.1 You may refer to the list of subjects offered for the GCE N(T)-, N(A)-, O- and A-Level examinations, as well as the subjects which are not allowed to be taken together in Annex A. Any pre-requisites will be mentioned with the subjects.

2.2.2.

Please note following subjects are not offered to private candidates. ? Subjects with coursework components ? Computing ? H3 subjects ? Mother Tongue Language Syllabus B (MTL Syllabus B)

Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents who wish to register for MTL Syllabus B will need to write to SEAB with their requests.

2.2.3 Details of the examination requirements for each subject are found in the syllabus documents published on SEAB's website.

2.2.4 A subject may not be offered if there are less than 20 candidates who registered for the subject in a particular examination year. You will be informed in such situations and you may choose another subject. Refund(s) will be given accordingly under such circumstances.

It is compulsory for you to sit for all registered components of a subject, such as the Oral, Listening Comprehension, Practical and written papers. This is regardless of whetheryou had sat for those papers in previous years.

sit for one or more components, unless you have been granted prior exemption by SEAB for the component(s).

If you sit for the examinations of duplicate subjects in the same examination year or across different examination years, only one of the subject results can be used in the aggregate computation for progression Duplicate subjects refer to the same subject or subjects with content overlap offered at different levels. An example of the same subject offered at different levels is GCE N(A)-Level Mathematics

different levels is GCE N(T)-Level Science Syllabus T and GCE N(A)-Level Science (Physics, Chemistry).

2.3. EXAMINATION FEES

2.3.1 The amount of examination fees payable will be based on your citizenship status at the point of registration. There will be no refund of your examination fees if you have changed your citizenship status after your registration.

2.3.2 The examination fee for each subject may differ depending on the subjects registered for.

You may refer to Annex A for the respective subject fees for this examination year. 2.3.3 A Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 7% applies to the respective subject fees.

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2.3.4 Examination fees are not transferable from one examination year to another, or from one candidate to another.

2.3.5

Mode of Payment

You may pay your examination fees online via credit/debit card in Candidates Portal (CP) or via

PayNow by 13 April 2022. Your registration will only be confirmed after payment is successful. You will not be registered for the examinations if you do not make your payment by 13 April 2022, 11.59pm.

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2.4. AMENDMENTS TO REGISTERED SUBJECTS

2.4.1 You are advised to check your registration details and the examination subjects which you are registering for carefully before submitting them online.

2.4.2. You may refer to the information below on the amendment of subjects:

Period

Before the end of the registration period and before online payment of examination fees

After 13 April 2022 or after online payment of examination fees during registration

Amendment and payment

? Online amendment ? Only exam fees

Documents to be submitted

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Deadline

? For GCE O- and A-Level Mid-

Year subjects, no amendments will be accepted after 13 April 2022.

? Submit subject

? The deadline for amendments to

registration for GCE N(T)-/N(A)-

? New subject fee(s)

amendment request in CP

Level, GCE O-Level and GCE ALevel Year-End subjects is 1

and an amendment

July 2022. For successfully

fee of S$20.00 are

deleted subjects, there will be a

payable for any

50% refund of the subject fee(s)

changes to subjects

paid

or papers. All fees are

(inclusive of GST).

inclusive of GST.

? For GCE N(T)/N(A), O, A- Level

Year- End subjects, no amendments will be accepted after 1 July 2022.

3. WITHDRAWAL AND REFUND

3.1. WITHDRAWAL FROM THE ENTIRE EXAMINATION

3.1.1 3.1.2

Withdrawal from the entire examination must be done via Candidates Portal by 13 September 2022. A request for withdrawal will not be considered after 13 September 2022.

SEAB will send you an acknowledgement within 5 working days of the receipt of the withdrawal application and documents.

You will NOT receive any results, including result slips and/ or certificates for any subjects or components of subjects that you have sat for if you withdraw from the examinations.

Your results will be invalidated if the examination results have already been released to you (for example, the Mid-Year written examination results).

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3.2. Refund

3.2.1

A 50% refund of the subject fee(s) paid (inclusive of GST) for the GCE N(T)/N(A)/O/A- Level examinations, may be provided if your withdrawal request is submitted to SEAB by 1 July 2022. You will receive the refund approximately one month after your withdrawal request is approved by SEAB.

3.2.2

There will be no refund of your examination fees if you: ? Submit your withdrawal request after the deadline stipulated above, or ? Have sat for a component of the registered subject that you are withdrawing from.

3.3. APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

3.3.1

If you are in the process of applying for admission to tertiary institutions but wish to re-sit the GCE O- or

A-Level examinations, please register during the registration period from 28 March to 13 April 2022 to avoid incurring late registration fees.

3.3.2 You may apply for a full refund (less subjects which you had sat for) of the examination fees via Candidates Portal by 1 July 2022, if you subsequently gain admission to the tertiary institutions. There will be no refund of examination fees after 1 July 2022.

4. ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS

Access Arrangements (AA) are examination arrangements granted to candidates with specific learning and physical needs, to enable them to sit the national examinations without compromising the assessment objectives. These arrangements are not intended to give the candidates an unfair advantage over other candidates taking the same examination.

If you require AA to sit the examination(s) due to specific learning and physical needs diagnosed before the examinations, you may apply for AA by following the instructions below.

4.1. APPLICATION FOR ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS

? Please submit AA application via the Candidates Portal after you have registered successfully for your examinations and by 20 April 2022.

? AA applications may take up to four (4) months to review. Late applications may not beaccepted or approved due to an insufficient time for review.

4.1.1

The outcome of your AA application will be made known to you by the following months, provided you submit your application by 20 April 2022: ? May 2022 for the Mid-Year MTL examinations

? June 2022 for the Year-End examinations

4.1.2 You must bring and present the approved AA outcome letter to the examination personnel before the start of your examination(s) requiring the provision of AA, so that they can verify any AA granted by SEAB.

4.1.3 To withdraw from any AA that was granted, please submit the withdrawal in Candidates Portal at least five working days before the date of the examination requiring the AA. SEAB will not re-instate the provision of AA once the request for withdrawal has been approved by SEAB.

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