Saudi Gazette

RIYADH — The Ministry of Education confirmed that the new academic year 1444 will be the last years of study in the curriculum system for the third grade of secondary school education.

The ministry stated that the class time would be 50 minutes for all secondary school grades in the tracks system and the courses system in the new academic year. It underlined the need for schools to refer to the Proficiency Classes Manual to learn the requirements and the mechanism for the implementation of the track system.

It was included in the study plans that the courses in the specializations tracks are the general track, the computer science and engineering track, the health and life track, the business administration track, and the Shariah track. Each track consists of three semesters and there will be seven subjects for each track during these semesters.

It is noteworthy the ministry launched the new tracks system for the secondary level of school education during the last academic year. The system aims at presenting a developed model for the students of secondary level that combines the requirements of the 21st century and the important scientific and skill aspects of the student in the employment market.

The secondary level tracks include nine semesters spread over three years, starting with the first common year in which the student pursues studies in various scientific and humanities fields.

This will be followed by two specialized years, where the student enrolls in any one of these two tracks that suits his aptitude and abilities, and provides him with modern skills and competencies so as to enable him to graduate from secondary school.