Teachers' Professional License – Subject Test: Islamic Education (2)

88 multiple-choice questions with four options, in 120 minutes (two hours). Calculators are not allowed and the test is in Arabic. Our mock exams are the same length.

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 471 explained questions across 8 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.

17 standards in eight domains, according to the candidate guide: fiqh of transactions, family and criminal law 21%, Qur'an and tafsir 16%, fiqh of worship 16%, creed and sects 15%, usul al-fiqh and legal maxims 9%, hadith and its sciences 8%, Islamic culture and Shari'a etiquette 8%, and teaching Shari'a sciences 7%. So the three fiqh domains together are 46% of the test.

Islamic Education 1 is for primary-school teachers (5 domains and 8 standards), and Islamic Education 2 is for intermediate and secondary teachers (8 domains and 17 standards). Each is a separate test with its own guide, standards and weights; level 2 adds usul al-fiqh and legal maxims, creed together with sects and modern ideologies, and Islamic culture, and its fiqh extends to transactions, family law, inheritance and criminal law.

The next sitting of the subject test is expected in late January 2027. The first 1448 AH sitting ran from 18 to 31 October 2026. Watch ETEC's page for when registration opens.

Yes. The question bank has 31 past questions from the 1447 AH recall sets, each reviewed, every option explained and its evidence given. But recall sets are not spread across the domains the way the test is: most are in creed and fiqh of worship (7 each), and only 4 are in transactions, family and criminal law, although it is the largest domain at 21%. So practise every domain by its weight, not the recall sets alone.

Yes. The first standard of the Qur'an and tafsir domain covers correcting recitation and telling obvious from subtle errors, the articulation points and qualities of letters, the rules of non-voweled nun, tanwin and mim, the types and lengths of madd, and the script of the mushaf and its stop signs. One sample question in ETEC's guide asks the length of the heavy lettered obligatory madd, and the answer is six counts.

Fiqh spans three domains: transactions, family and criminal law 21% (four standards: financial dealings; marriage, divorce and inheritance; food, clothing, oaths and vows; jihad, crimes and the judiciary), worship 16% (purification and prayer, then zakat, fasting and Hajj), and usul al-fiqh and legal maxims 9%. Most fiqh questions in ETEC's guide are scenarios: who owes zakat, which type of killing, which option to rescind applies in a sale, how many pillars a description of prayer mentions. So practise applying the ruling to the situation, not only memorising definitions.

Two standards (6.1.16 and 6.1.17): applying modern approaches to teaching Shari'a sciences, such as diagnostic teaching in Qur'an, concept maps in fiqh, and training students in the description of wudu, prayer and the Hajj rites; and respecting what is particular to each branch, such as the difference between teaching recitation and tafsir, or hadith and fiqh, and the Prophet's own teaching methods. These questions are about how you teach, for example which strategy a teacher used in a given situation.

No. The Teachers' Professional License needs two tests: the subject-specific test in your own field and the General Educational Test, which is the same for every subject. Each costs SAR 100, and the level uses the lower of the two scores, so a high score in one does not lift your level above your score in the other.

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.

A subject-test result stays valid for five 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, under the Professional License Regulations.

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.