Online School & Homeschool in Be'er Sheva & the Negev

Online school and international curriculum in Be'er Sheva

For Be'er Sheva and Negev families — a research and technology city in a very large district, with essentially no international schooling.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Be'er Sheva and Negev families. The southern capital is built around Ben-Gurion University and a fast-growing technology, cyber and research sector, alongside desert agriculture and water research that is studied internationally. It is also a very large district with dispersed communities, and international schooling in the south is essentially non-existent — the centre of the country is an hour or more north. Live delivery closes that distance without a family moving, and Israel's clock means every hour of our teaching day is available.

Challenges Be'er Sheva & the Negev families face

Essentially no international schooling in the southern district.
A very large area with dispersed communities and long journeys.
A research and technology sector whose families expect academic depth.
Home education requires an annual Ministry permit and the child must meet system standards.
Time zone: Israel is one hour behind us in winter and exactly level in summer.

Why Be'er Sheva & the Negev families choose Smartious

The complete option in a district with none: Identical live delivery in Be'er Sheva, Omer, Arad and the dispersed Negev communities.
Computing and mathematics depth for a cyber hub: Cambridge A-Level Computer Science, Mathematics and Further Mathematics suit the sector reshaping the southern capital.
Environmental science that fits the place: Desert agriculture and water research make unusually serious ground for Cambridge Geography and AP Environmental Science.
The closest clock we have: One hour behind in winter, level in summer — our whole teaching day is available.
Reaches dispersed communities: No commute to a campus that does not exist, and every session recorded.

The national framework applies in the south: education is compulsory under the Compulsory Education Law of 1949 and its amendments, and home education is permitted by annual permit from the Ministry of Education, granted for one school year only, with the approved child required to meet the standards set by the educational system. The Director General's directive holds that students of compulsory education age belong within the institutional educational framework, while in practice the Ministry approves the great majority of applications and policy since 2009 has allowed home education where the family fulfils state requirements — a position the Supreme Court noted applies to most applicants. Families have reported tribunals reviewing permissions, so plan for annual renewal rather than assuming permanence. Smartious is not a Ministry of Education recognised institution, issues no Israeli qualification and does not teach toward the Bagrut.

Smartious delivers to Negev families online; the live programme is complete without in-person supplementation.

Live online via Smartious LMS across our full teaching day, with every session recorded — which matters in a district where journeys are long.

Be'er Sheva is built around Ben-Gurion University and a fast-growing technology, cyber and research sector, alongside internationally studied desert agriculture and water research — in a very large district with dispersed communities and essentially no international schooling. Israel runs IST (UTC+2), moving to IDT (UTC+3) in summer.

Family situations we work with

Ben-Gurion University academic and research families.
Technology, cyber and data-sector households in the growing southern hub.
Desert agriculture, water research and environmental science families.
Households in dispersed Negev communities far from any campus.
Students aiming at competitive science and engineering courses.

Be'er Sheva & the Negev communities and nearby areas

Be'er Sheva · Omer · Meitar · Lehavim · Arad · Dimona · the Negev communities

Common questions from Be'er Sheva & the Negev families

Is there international schooling in the Negev?

Essentially none. The centre of the country is an hour or more north. Live delivery reaches Be'er Sheva and the dispersed communities identically.

Our child is aiming at cyber or computer science — what should they take?

Cambridge A-Level Computer Science with Mathematics and Further Mathematics, and Physics where the target course wants it. Planned backward from the university from IGCSE onward.

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