Politics · Saudi Arabia · 4 hrs ago
Saudi school staff must complete self-evaluations to qualify for top ratings
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education is closing the self-evaluation phase for public-school administrative staff.
The process covers staff in administrative roles and several other employment categories in public schools for boys and girls across the country.
Employees who do not complete the self-evaluation cannot receive a rating of 4 or 5 on the five-point scale.
The ministry’s rules allocate 20% of ratings to 5, 25% to 4 and 55% to ratings from 1 to 3.
School principals assign the overall rating based on employees’ goals and competencies during the performance cycle.
Employees who disagree with their final result can appeal through a process involving their manager and education administration committees, with the approved outcome recorded in the Faris electronic system.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education says school administrative staff must complete a self-evaluation to be eligible for ratings of 4 or 5.
The first phase of the performance evaluation began on November 1 and is scheduled to close on Wednesday, November 10.
The process covers administrative staff and several other employment categories in public schools for boys and girls.
The evaluation scale has five grades, with 20% of staff allocated grade 5 and 25% grade 4.
Employees can appeal final evaluation results through a process that ends with the decision being recorded in the Faris electronic system.
- Who
- Administrative staff and other covered employees in Saudi public schools.
- What
- Employees must complete a self-evaluation to qualify for ratings of 4 or 5.
- When
- The self-evaluation phase began on November 1 and was scheduled to close on November 10, 2026.
- Where
- Public schools in regions and governorates across Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- The self-evaluation is part of the Ministry of Education’s performance evaluation process, which assesses employees’ goals and competencies.
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The first phase of the evaluation, including employee self-evaluations, began.
The Ministry of Education was scheduled to close the first phase.
- Self-evaluation began
- November 1, 2026
- First-phase close
- November 10, 2026
- Highest rating allocation
- 20% of employees can receive grade 5
- Next-highest rating allocation
- 25% of employees can receive grade 4
- Appeals system
- Faris electronic system