Education Based on Group in Singapore

Languages group:

1. English Language
2. Mother Tongue Languages (Chinese Language, Malay Language and Tamil Language)
3. Non-Tamil Indian Languages (Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu languages)
4. Higher Mother Tongue Languages (Higher Chinese Language, Higher Malay Language and Higher Tamil Language)
5. Foreign Languages (French, German, Japanese)
6. Asian Languages (Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia)
7. Other Third Languages [Chinese (Special Programme), Malay (Special Programme)]

Humanities group:

1. Humanities electives (History/geography/literature electives and social studies)
2. History
3. Geography
4. Literature in English
5. Chinese literature
6. Malay literature
7. Tamil literature
8. Higher art (Art Elective Programme)
9. Higher music (Music Elective Programme)
10. Principles of Accounting

Mathematics & Science Group:

1. Mathematics
2. Additional mathematics
3. Physics
4. Chemistry
5. Biology
6. Combined Sciences (any two from Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
7. Integrated Sciences

Others:

1. General art
2. Design and technology
3. Music
4. Computer Applications
5. Elements of Office Administration (until 2008)
6. Elements of Business Skills (2009 onwards)
7. Food and nutrition
8. Religious studies (Confucian Ethics, Buddhist Studies, Islamic Religious Knowledge, Bible Studies, Sikh Studies, etc.)
9. O-Level School-Initiated Electives [OSIEs] (Economics, Computer Studies, etc.)

The list above is not exhaustive, and does not include new subjects such as Computing and Theatre Studies and Drama, or less common subjects, such as Integrated Sciences.
Compulsory Subjects for a GCE 'O' Level candidate

1. English Language
2. Mother Tongue (Chinese, Tamil, Malay, Others)
3. Mathematics (Elementary)
4. Combined Humanities (SS+GEOGE/HISE/LITE/ECONSE)
5. Science (Either 1 combined science or 2 pure sciences)
6. One other subject (Art, POA, DnT, FnN etc.)

Candidates must take at least 6 subjects which must include the above core (EL, MT, MA, HUM, SCI) subjects.