Section: Explainer
When Do Teacher License Exam Results Come Out?
Results for the GTT and STT are notified separately, by text message, before they appear in your professional licensing account. Here is how that timeline actually works.
Editorial Desk
Results for Saudi Arabia’s teacher professional license exam do not arrive as a single combined outcome. The GTT and STT are scored and released separately, since they are separate tests sat on separate dates, and each notification follows its own timeline within a given cycle.
How am I actually notified of my result?
You are notified by text message once your result is ready, and the result then also appears in your account on the professional licensing system, where it is what determines your license tier once both tests are cleared. There is no need to request your result manually; it is pushed to you rather than something you have to look up first.
How long after the exam does the result come out?
This varies by cycle and by which of the two tests you sat, since ETEC has published different result dates for the GTT and the STT within the same cycle rather than releasing them on the same day. Rather than assuming a fixed number of days, check ETEC’s own professional licensing timetable for the specific cycle you sat in, since that page publishes the result date alongside the test date for that cycle.
Does my result tell me my license tier immediately?
Yes, once both the GTT and STT results are in, your score on each determines your tier, Practitioner, Advanced or Expert, since the tier is set by the lower of the two scores. How the three license tiers work covers those thresholds in detail.
What if my result does not meet the tier, or the pass mark, I needed?
If your score does not clear 50 percent on either test, you have not passed that test and would need to retake it. If it clears 50 percent but not the higher threshold you were aiming for, you have passed but at a lower tier than intended. What happens if you do not pass the first time covers what a retake actually involves in either case.
Where does my result go after I see it?
Once both tests are cleared, the professional licensing system is also where the license itself is issued, for a separate fee, rather than the passing scores alone constituting the license. How much the whole process costs covers that issuance fee alongside the test fees. The exam’s own page, Professional License Exam for Teachers, has the official schedule links for the current cycle.
Frequently asked questions
Do the GTT and STT results come out on the same day? Not necessarily; ETEC has published separate result dates for the two tests within the same cycle rather than releasing them together.
How will I know my result is ready? You receive a text message notification, and the result also appears in your account on the professional licensing system.
Does a passing result automatically issue my license? No, the license is issued as a separate step once both tests are cleared, for a further fee, not automatically the moment your result appears.
Where can I check the exact result date for my cycle? On ETEC’s own professional licensing timetable page, since result dates vary by cycle and by test.
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