The Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate is jointly examined and awarded by the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board, Singapore’s Ministry of Education, and Cambridge International Education in the United Kingdom.
Use the full qualification name when a school, employer or admissions office asks what you took. From 2027, SEC brings the Singapore-Cambridge GCE N(T), N(A) and O-Level examinations together under one qualification. Candidates sit individual subjects at G1, G2 or G3.
- Use the qualification name and examination year shown on your record.
- List the actual level and grade of each requested subject.
- Ask the receiving institution how to enter SEC if its form lacks that option.
What to enter on an application
If a form has a field for the qualification and separate fields for subjects, use Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate for the qualification. Enter each requested subject as shown on your record. For example, you could have English Language at G3 and Mathematics at G2 on the same certificate.
What if the form asks for one awarding body?
Use the form’s guidance or ask the receiving institution how it wants the joint award recorded. Send it the official SEAB explanation if it needs help identifying the qualification. For overseas applications, ask whether it requires a specific equivalency or verification procedure and follow that institution’s instructions.
Frequently asked questions
Is G3 the name of the certificate?
G3 is a subject level. The qualification is the SEC, which records the levels of the subjects taken.
Should I convert my grades on the form?
Use your awarded grades unless the institution gives you a specific conversion method. SEAB’s grade mapping serves specified post-secondary progression calculations.