The National Center for Curriculum Development has launched a specialized training program for male and female supervisors of the subject “Philosophy,” which will be taught for the first time as part of the new secondary education development plan starting in the 2025/2026 academic year. The program includes participants from various education directorates across the Kingdom, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education.
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The two-day training program, which began on Wednesday, aims to equip supervisors with a deep understanding of the content and teaching methodologies of the philosophy textbook, enhance their skills in analyzing philosophical texts, and foster critical and logical thinking among students — all to ensure the effective implementation of this new subject in schools.
Ziyad Al-Obisat, the Philosophy Subject Coordinator at the National Center for Curriculum Development, explained that introducing philosophy into the curriculum aligns with modern educational trends that aim to prepare students capable of critical thinking and in-depth analysis of ideas and phenomena around them. He noted that philosophy helps cultivate curiosity, a pursuit of truth, and broader intellectual horizons, enabling students to form conscious and responsible perspectives on life and societal issues.
Al-Obisat added that the philosophy textbook consists of four main units: an introduction to philosophy and its origins and significance, the history of philosophical thought, epistemology, and finally, logic and critical thinking — providing students with an integrated understanding of the evolution of human thought and its analytical tools.
He emphasized that philosophy is being introduced as an elective subject available to all secondary education streams, with five weekly lessons allocated to it. This allows students to deeply engage with philosophical concepts and apply them in real-life and practical contexts. He concluded that teaching philosophy represents a qualitative leap toward strengthening free thought and reinforcing the values of dialogue, tolerance, and openness among students.
