Samaher Saif Al Yazal
The Civil Service Authority stated that the duration of the academic examination granted to employees does not exceed a month per year, and that it is granted for the purpose of performing the exams only, explaining that the employee has the right to obtain a study examination for discussion of a master’s or doctorate thesis if the conditions stipulated in Clause No. 9 of Article No. 31 of the executive regulations of the Civil Service Law issued by Resolution No. 51 of 2012 and its amendments are fulfilled The study of the academic exam is a period not exceeding one month per year to take a study exam according to the following conditions:
A- The employee should notify his workplace when he joins the study and the authority in which he studies and provides documents that prove this.
B- That the authority in which he studies is recognized academically with the competent authorities in the Kingdom.
C- The employee should notify his work on the date of the exam sufficiently before.
D- The employee, upon request of the leave, should submit what is useful for the exam.
E- This leave may be divided into varying periods during the year, and this leave is calculated according to the schedule of the academic exams prescribed by the educational authority.
F- The employee deserves the leave of the academic exam for the days in the academic schedule approved by the educational authority in addition to a day to travel before the exam and a day after it, whenever the exam is being held outside the country.
The Civil Service Authority also explained through his official account on the Instagram platform that the employee cannot benefit from this leave to attend the lectures, even if he has only one day a week he attends in the morning period, as the basic purpose of this leave is not to attend work on exam days, and is granted according to the schedule approved by the educational authority.
According to the “Civil Service”, the academic examination leave is calculated according to its conditions, rules and procedures for granting them, whether the exams are held in the morning or evening period, based on the employee’s exam schedule.
