askST: How the new SEC exams, which replace O- and N-levels, will affect your child

There will be no change in standards when students sit the Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) examinations in 2027. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE – From 2027, students graduating from secondary school will no longer take the O- and N-level examinations. Instead, they will sit the Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) examinations.

The first batch of students taking the new exam are those in Secondary 1 in 2024.

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