Online School & Homeschool in Caracas

Online school and international curriculum in Caracas

For Caracas families — Cambridge and IB taught live, in USD, with a record that reads anywhere your family already is.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Caracas families. The capital holds Venezuela's corporate and professional centre, the diplomatic community, and a long-established international school tier — the Colegio Internacional de Caracas, Escuela Campo Alegre, the British, French and German schools — with IB and American provision behind it. Many Caracas families now have members living in Spain, the United States, Colombia, Chile, Panama or Portugal, and an internationally examined qualification is read directly in all of them. We quote in USD, which removes the planning question entirely.

Challenges Caracas families face

Families frequently have members in several countries, and a qualification needs to read in all of them.
International school places in Caracas are competitive and fees are set at international levels.
Education is compulsory under the Ley Orgánica de Educación and administered by the ministry.
We could not verify Venezuela's position on parental home education from a primary instrument.
Time zone: Venezuela runs VET (UTC-4) with no daylight saving — seven hours behind Nairobi, so mornings and very early afternoons work.

Why Caracas families choose Smartious

A qualification that reads where your family already is: Cambridge A-Levels and the IB are read directly in Spain, the United States, Colombia, Chile, Portugal and Canada — the countries Venezuelan families most often have ties to.
Fees quoted in USD: Our invoicing is in dollars, which are widely used here for larger commitments. That removes the planning question from a multi-year education decision.
Continuity if a household moves: The curriculum, teachers, and examination board continue unchanged wherever the family is next — one pathway rather than a restart.
Honest where we could not verify: We could not establish Venezuela's position on home education from a primary instrument and say so rather than guessing in either direction.
Seven hours, and both turnos covered: Venezuelan mornings and very early afternoons both land in our teaching day.

Venezuelan education is governed by the Ley Orgánica de Educación of 2009 and administered by the Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación, and education is compulsory — families should confirm the current age boundaries with the ministry rather than take them from a provider. On parental home education we are going to be careful, because we could not verify Venezuela's position against a primary instrument. We will not tell you it is permitted and we will not tell you it is prohibited; both would exceed what we can evidence, and a family that plans a school year around an overconfident claim carries the cost of it rather than we do. What we would say is what we say in Panama and Guatemala: an absence of clear regulation is an absence of protection rather than a permission, because where a matter is unaddressed there is nothing for a family to demonstrate if the question is raised. Put it to the ministry directly and get the answer in a form you can keep. Our own arrangement raises none of it: live Cambridge or IB teaching alongside a Venezuelan school enrolment. Private institutions operate with ministerial authorisation and Smartious does not hold it — we issue no Venezuelan qualification and teach Cambridge, Pearson Edexcel, IB and AP examinations with their own international validity.

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

Live online via Smartious LMS. Venezuela sits seven hours behind Nairobi with no daylight saving, so Venezuelan morning and very early afternoon classes both fall in our teaching day at a constant time every week, with all sessions recorded — and the full recorded library means a missed session is never a lost one.

Caracas holds Venezuela's corporate and professional centre, the diplomatic community, and a long-established international school tier with IB and American provision — in a country whose professional families frequently have members in Spain, the United States, Colombia, Chile, Panama and Portugal. Venezuela runs VET (UTC-4), seven hours behind Nairobi.

Family situations we work with

Professional and corporate families with relatives abroad.
Families planning for children to study in Spain, the United States, Colombia, Chile or Portugal.
Diplomatic and international-organisation households.
Students in turno tarde with mornings free.
Families outside the international tier's fees who still want an examined international track.
Students returning to Venezuela mid-curriculum from another system.

Caracas communities and nearby areas

Altamira and Chacao · La Castellana · El Hatillo · Los Palos Grandes · Baruta · La Lagunita · Valle Arriba

Common questions from Caracas families

Is homeschooling legal in Venezuela?

We could not verify a position from a primary Venezuelan instrument and will not guess. Education is compulsory under the Ley Orgánica de Educación of 2009 and administered by the Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación. Put the question to the ministry directly. Structured study alongside a school enrolment raises none of it, and that is what we offer.

Our family is spread across several countries — does that shape the choice?

It shapes the qualification. Cambridge A-Levels and the IB Diploma are read directly by universities in Spain, the United States, Colombia, Chile, Portugal and Canada, whereas a purely national record is assessed through recognition procedures in each. For a family with ties in more than one country, that difference is the whole argument.

How do fees work?

We quote and invoice in USD, which is widely used here for larger commitments — from USD 5,076 a year for live small-group teaching. That makes a multi-year education commitment straightforward to plan.

How does the timezone work?

Seven hours, fixed. Venezuelan mornings and very early afternoons both land in our teaching day, and with schools commonly running turno mañana and tarde, most students have one window genuinely free.

Guides for families in Venezuela

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