Teachers' Professional License – General Educational Test

88 multiple-choice questions with four options each, in two hours. It is a paper-based test only, in Arabic, and calculators are not allowed.

Yes. Free questions: a 10-question diagnostic test covering the main units, no sign-up; at the end we compare your score with the license levels 50 (Practitioner), 70 (Advanced) and 80 (Expert), tell you how many questions you are short of the next level, and show your weakest units. The free practice test page lists the same questions with answers and an explanation for every option. The rest of the questions and the full mock exams come with a pass from SAR 26.

Question bank: full mock exams of 88 questions in 120 minutes, like the real test with a result for every unit, plus 1008 explained questions across 9 units, every option explained, a review of your mistakes, and two ways to practise: see the answer right away, or sit a full timed mock. Every question is reviewed and referenced, ready to practise on your phone. Try the free questions and read the explanations before buying full access.

The minimum for a license is 50 (Practitioner Teacher), then 70 for Advanced Teacher and 80 or above for Expert Teacher, under the Professional License Regulations (Article 4). The level uses the lower of your General Educational and subject-specific scores, together with your qualification and years of experience. Scoring is criterion-referenced and wrong answers carry no penalty.

It covers nine of the ten general educational standards across three domains: Values and Professional Responsibilities 21%, Professional Knowledge 40% and Professional Practice 39%. Standard 6 (knowledge of the subject content) is measured by the subject-specific test instead. The heaviest standard is Language and Quantitative Skills at 17%.

ETEC's website lists the 1448 AH General Educational Test on 6 and 7 November 2026, with late registration open since 4 October 2026, so register early.

A test result stays valid for five calendar years from the date it is announced. The license itself is valid for five years, and you can apply to renew it in its final year.

No. The Teachers' Professional License needs two tests: the General Educational Test, which is the same for every subject, and the subject-specific test in your own field. Each costs SAR 100.

ETEC's test page (etec.gov.sa) is aimed at serving teachers and "those wishing to practise the teaching profession", and you do not need an education degree to register; the license itself, however, is only issued to people with "the appropriate qualification according to the requirements of the relevant bodies", under Article 4 of the Professional License Regulations. The FAQ on ETEC's page also says that students about to graduate and recent graduates "qualified to work in teaching jobs in the public and private sectors" can register. If your degree is not in education, check with the Ministry of Education or your employer that it qualifies you for a teaching job before you pay the SAR 100 test fee.

You pay the SAR 100 test fee online from your profile on ETEC's e-services portal (e-services.etec.gov.sa) after registering for a date, by bank card or credit card, according to the visual registration guide for the General Educational Test that ETEC published (2023). The General Educational Test and the subject-specific test are paid separately, SAR 100 each. Once you have paid, you can change or delete the booking up to 72 hours before the paper test.

Once the results of both the General Educational Test and the subject-specific test are announced, you apply online to have your license issued at the level whose conditions you meet and pay SAR 100, and ETEC then issues it, under Articles 5 and 9 of the Professional License Regulations. You apply through the Professional Licenses platform that ETEC's page links to. If you issue the license within one calendar year of passing your latest test, it is valid for five years from the issue date; if you wait longer than a year, the five years run from the end of that year (Article 6).

No. Scores on this site are for practice only and are not an official result. This site is independent and is not affiliated with ETEC, Qiyas or any government body. They do show where you'd stand if the test were today: the full mock exam has the real question count and time, and your score is split by part of the exam so you can see where you lose points.

It is an independent site, not part of Qiyas or any government body, and every question is reviewed before it is published. You pay once, with no automatic renewal, through Waffo Pancake (the merchant of record) by Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and your statement shows "WAFFO". If you were charged twice or the pass did not open, email support@saudiexams.com.