EXPLANATORY NOTES

1The Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board is authorised by the Republic of Singapore to manage national examinations in Singapore. The Board, together with the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore and the Cambridge Assessment International Education are joint examining authorities for the General Certificate of Education Normal Level (GCE N-Level) Examination.

2The NRIC / Foreign Identification No. refers to the National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) number of Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents. For non-Singapore citizens, the NRIC / Foreign Identification No. refers to the number on their official identification document, such as a passport.

3The pass grades for GCE N-Level subjects are shown by numerical grades 1 to 5 (Grade 1 is the highest and Grade 5 the lowest).

4Performance in the Oral/Aural Examinations in the Mother Tongue subjects is indicated as Distinction (DIST), Merit, Pass or Ungraded.

5 As of 1992, the following Language subjects have been renamed:

Subject	New Name
Chinese as a Second Language	Chinese
Malay as a Second Language	Malay
Tamil as a Second Language	Tamil

6As of 2002, subjects taken under access arrangements are annotated with the following symbols:

# Exemption Symbol

The candidate was exempted from satisfying the full range of assessment objectives in this subject. Details may be obtained from the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board.

+ Access Arrangement Symbol

The candidate sat the paper under access arrangements. Details may be obtained from the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board.

7For further information or clarification on the GCE N-Level, please visit the website of the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (http://www.seab.gov.sg).