The purpose of the study was to develop EFL critical reading skills of El-Azhar Model Secondary Stage Students through mind habits based program. To accomplish this purpose, the present study followed the pre-post, quasi-experimental-control group design. The researcher used two groups: experimental and control groups. Conducting the current treatment, a number of sixty EFL second secondary stage students from  Kafr Saqr Model   Secondary  Institute, Kafr Saqr  Directorate, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, were intentionally allocated in two groups, thirty students for the experimental group and thirty for the control one. Characteristically managed a pre/post-testing technique for the purpose of data gathering and analyzing. The researcher designed an EFL critical reading questionnaire  and a critical reading test. Generally, the current study was conducted over a period of nine weeks; each task took about 50 minutes to be fully implemented through the second term of the academic year 2022-2023. Finally, the results of the study showed that the mind habits based program had a positive effect on developing the EFL critical reading skills of El-Azhar model second-year Secondary Students.