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Where Can I Find Official School Textbook Lists in Singapore? | MOE Approved Textbooks and School Booklists

Did you know? MOE’s Approved Textbook List and your child’s school booklist answer different questions. Start with MOE’s Approved Textbook List to check approved resources, and use the school’s current booklist to identify what your child is actually asked to buy.

Find the school booklist through the school’s official website or its own parent communications, then select the correct academic year, level and subject arrangement. Check the exact title, edition, volume and textbook or workbook label. A book used by another school or an older sibling may not match the current list.

Your immediate next step is to compare each requested item with what you already own, and ask the school about any unclear entry before purchasing. MOE’s Approved Textbook List FAQ explains the approval framework. Approval alone does not make every listed book a compulsory purchase for every student.

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Choose an official source · Check before acting · Read the next explanation

Which source answers your question?

Your questionStart hereWhat to check
Is a resource on the approved list?MOE Approved Textbook ListRelevant level, subject, title and edition
What does my child need to buy?The school’s official current-year booklistStudent’s level, subjects, options and required items
What does approval mean?MOE Approved Textbook List FAQScope of approval and how schools use resources
Does an older book match?The current school booklist and the book’s publication detailsEdition, volume, ISBN where supplied and school confirmation
Choose the current source for the student’s actual level, qualification and intake.

Find the current list through the school

Use the school’s official parent or student information page, or follow its own communication about book purchasing. Check the year printed on the document itself rather than relying on the page address.

Woodgrove Primary’s official parent resources, for example, link its 2026 approved textbook information even though an older year appears in the linked page address. The document heading and current school instruction are better clues than the URL alone.

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Match the student’s actual subjects

Check which entries apply to the child’s level and subjects. Where a school provides different lists for subject arrangements or options, ask which one the child should use before buying.

For secondary school, keep the school’s confirmed subject information beside the list. Our Posting Groups and G1, G2, G3 guide explains the distinction between the posting category and individual subject levels.

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Check edition, volume and book type

Lay the requested item beside the book you already have. Compare its full title, edition and volume, and use the ISBN if the school provides one. A similar cover is not enough to establish a match.

Keep textbooks, workbooks and supplementary materials separate in the purchase checklist. Ask whether a reused copy is suitable if exercises have already been completed or required components are missing.

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Resolve uncertain purchases with the school

Make a short list of unclear entries and ask the school or its appointed booklist contact to confirm them. This is especially helpful when a subject choice is still being finalised.

Keep the confirmed current list with purchase receipts and label the books once the choices are settled. The aim is a usable set of materials for the child’s actual lessons, with fewer duplicate or mismatched purchases.

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Explore the Singapore school pathways collection. For a local learning example, see Secondary 1 Mathematics small-group learning in Clementi.

Source guide prepared on 10 October 2026. Follow the linked official pages for current requirements and the student’s circumstances.

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Choose the question that brought you here. Open one useful guide, try a small task, and stop when you have what you need.

Take one question further

The same learning habit can travel across subjects, while each subject keeps its own methods. These routes help you notice a difficulty, understand one part of it, and return to something you can do.

A word is familiar, but using it is difficult.

Move from recognising a word to retrieving it in a new context. Understand vocabulary plateaus.

Try it without the guide: Choose one word you already know. Close the guide and use it in a new sentence. Explain why it fits; try another context tomorrow.

A piece of writing has ideas, but the reader loses the thread.

Make the order of events and the links between sentences clear. Explore composition writing.

Try it without the guide: Choose one short paragraph. Read the relevant explanation, close it, and revise the paragraph. Ask someone to tell you what happened and why.

The Mathematics seems familiar, but marks still disappear.

Find the first point where the working stops being reliable. Find Secondary 4 A-Math mark leakage.

Try it without the guide: For a Secondary 4 A-Math question you have attempted, locate the first uncertain line. Repair that step, then try a comparable question without the worked answer.

A Science fact is remembered, but the explanation is incomplete.

Connect the evidence to a scientific idea and the resulting change. Follow the Primary Science learning route.

Try it without the guide: Choose a familiar Primary Science example. Explain the evidence, the idea and the result without notes. Then change one condition and explain your prediction.

Two accounts of the world seem to disagree.

Check the question, source, date and evidence before combining claims. Explore the World Knowledge research library.

Try it without the guide: Take one claim. Find the source best placed to support it, note its date, and state what remains uncertain. Return to your original question.

There is plenty of help, but independence is hard to see.

Check what the learner can understand and do after support is removed. Understand how education works.

Try it without the guide: Choose one small task the child has practised. Agree on a calm, brief attempt without prompts. Use what happens to choose one next step, then stop.

For the structure behind these connections, read the eduKateSingapore runtime manifest and the eduKate ecosystem boot contract. The reader map describes public navigation; those manifests preserve the wider ownership and return rules.

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