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Curricula and teaching methods

Postgraduate
You study
Curriculum design, Teaching methods
Jobs
Teacher, Education supervisor
Average for the education field · Age 25–29
5,800SAR

Average monthly pay in the education field for Saudi bachelor’s holders, GASTAT Labour Force Survey 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3; many earn less. Pay in a first job is usually lower.

Forecasts published in other countries for the occupation Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers: roughly stable (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2026 (Safar – Rabi' al-Awwal 1448 AH); Employment and Social Development Canada, June 2025 · Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 – Muharram 1447 AH)1,2. They are not a forecast for the Saudi market, nor by DataPulse.

Where is Curricula and teaching methods taught?

4 universities where we checked the programme page4; not a full list.

Compare with…

A side-by-side view, not a judgement that one major is better. Figures are for the broad field, so two majors in one field share the same figures. Figures: bachelor’s, both sexes, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)35

Curricula and teaching methodsEducational psychologySubject teacher training (education tracks)
Field in the survey
EducationEducationEducation
Length of study
PostgraduatePostgraduatePostgraduate
Taught at
List not checkedList not checkedList not checked
Men
Not confirmedNot confirmedNot confirmed
Women
Not confirmedNot confirmedNot confirmed
Holders of the field working
90.9%90.9%90.9%
Unemployment in the field
9.1%9.1%9.1%
Average wage in the field (SAR)
11,14711,14711,147
An occupation of its graduates and generative AI
——not exposed

Availability for men and women from university pages and the Ministry’s programmes platform; last checked 24 October 2026 (13 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).

What do Curricula and teaching methods students learn?

Study of how school curricula are built and how teaching methods are developed.

  • Curriculum design
  • Teaching methods
  • Curriculum evaluation
  • Learning theories

In Arabic: المناهج وطرق التدريس

What jobs do Curricula and teaching methods graduates do?

Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:

  • Teacher
  • Education supervisor
  • Curriculum developer
  • Education trainer

Mostly desk work in a ministry or school, on fixed daytime hours.

Professional teaching licence from the Education and Training Evaluation Commission.

What do Curricula and teaching methods graduates earn?

GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Education” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3.

Age 25–295,800 SAR
Age 35–4411,900 SAR

What is unemployment in the education field?

Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)3:

  • 20211442–1443 AH17.3%
  • 20221443–1444 AH15.6%
  • 20231444–1445 AH11.4%
  • 20241445–1446 AH9.1%

For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.

Official decisions and signals

  • Starting basic salary for a practitioner teacher in government: SAR 7,570 a month. 2024 (1445–1446 AH) (basic, government, first grade)6
  • The job “Curriculum developer” is somewhat affected by AI (1 of 4). May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH) (occupation, not major)7

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References

  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Instructional coordinators” (BLS 25-9031), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
  2. Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers” (COPS 41405), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
  3. General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Education”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
  4. Programme pages on university websites, last checked 24 October 2026 (13 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
  5. International Labour Organization, global index of occupational exposure to generative AI, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).
  6. Ministry of Education, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
  7. International Labour Organization · occupation code 2351, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).