How to Register for Saudi Arabia's Teacher License Exam

Registration for Saudi Arabia’s Professional License Exam for Teachers runs through two channels: Qiyas’s own individuals portal, reached from the Education and Training Evaluation Commission’s e-services site, and the government’s national services platform, my.gov.sa, which lists the General and Specialized tests as separate services. Either route registers you for the same tests, run by the same body, so which one you use is mostly a matter of which login you already have set up.

Which portal should I actually use?

Both work. The Qiyas individuals portal is built specifically around ETEC’s testing services and is where your seat number appears 24 hours before the exam regardless of which channel you registered through. my.gov.sa’s General Educational Professional License Test service and its separate Specialized Professional License Test service exist because the two tests, the GTT and the STT, are registered and paid for independently, not as a single bundled booking.

Do I register for both tests at once?

You register for each test on its own, and you can sit them in either order across a given cycle’s testing windows, since the GTT and STT are scored and scheduled separately. A candidate who has already cleared one of the two only needs to register for the remaining one in a later cycle.

What should I check before choosing a registration window?

ETEC opens registration on different dates for male and female teachers, and separately again for candidates registering for the first time versus those registering to retake a test, so the window that is currently open is not automatically the one that applies to you. Confirm your category before assuming a published date covers your case. What Saudi Arabia’s teacher license exam dates look like for a given cycle walks through how that timing worked for the 2026 cycle specifically, and why registration is split by sex explains that split in more detail.

What do I need to have ready before I register?

You need the bachelor’s degree qualification in the teaching specialization you are licensing for, matched to the subject and school stage you intend to teach. Beyond that, registration itself is where you select which test, which specialization for the STT, and which sitting you want, then pay the relevant fee. How much the exam actually costs breaks down what you pay at each step of that process.

Once you are registered, a running exam countdown against your actual sitting date is a simple way to keep preparation on schedule rather than losing track of how many weeks are actually left. The exam’s own page, Professional License Exam for Teachers, lists the official links for both registration channels directly.

Frequently asked questions

Can I register for the GTT and STT on the same day? Yes, nothing stops you from registering for both in the same session, but they remain two separate registrations with two separate fees, since they are scored and scheduled independently.

Does it matter whether I use Qiyas’s portal or my.gov.sa? Not for the outcome. Both register you for the same ETEC-administered test; use whichever platform you already have credentials for.

What if I already passed one test and only need the other? Register only for the one you still need to clear, in whichever future cycle’s window applies to your category.

Where do I find my seat number after registering? It is released on the Qiyas individuals portal 24 hours before your test, regardless of which channel you used to register.