Online School & Homeschool in Dhaka

Online school and international curriculum in Dhaka

For Dhaka families — Cambridge is already familiar here. What is scarce is a specialist for the subject your school cannot run.

Live online Cambridge O-Level and IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Dhaka families. Cambridge needs no introduction in this city — the English-medium sector has run O-Levels and A-Levels for decades and families here understand the qualifications as well as anywhere we teach. What we add is narrower: a subject specialist for the A-Level sets a single school timetable cannot sustain, a fee below the strongest schools, and a place without a queue. And Bangladesh sits three hours ahead of our teaching base, so after-school classes land squarely in our day.

Challenges Dhaka families face

Specialist A-Level subjects often will not run for small cohorts even in strong English-medium schools.
Places at the leading schools are competitive, and mid-year entry is harder still.
Fees at the top of the English-medium sector are significant locally.
We could not verify Bangladesh's position on parental home education from a primary instrument.
Time zone: Bangladesh runs BST (UTC+6), three hours ahead of our teaching base — after-school classes work well.

Why Dhaka families choose Smartious

We are not introducing Cambridge to Dhaka: The English-medium sector has run O-Levels and A-Levels for decades. What we supply is teaching depth in specific subjects, not a new curriculum.
The set your school cannot staff: Further Mathematics or a third science for four pupils is unviable on one timetable and routine in a live group drawn from several countries.
A fee gap against the leading schools: Live small-group teaching from USD 5,076 a year toward the same examinations.
After-school hours that genuinely work: Three hours ahead of our teaching base — a four o'clock class in Dhaka is one in the afternoon for our teachers, six o'clock is three.
No waiting list: A child starts within a week of the assessment, which matters for mid-year arrivals and for families who have just changed school.

Bangladeshi education is administered by the Ministry of Education, with the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education responsible at the primary level, and primary education is compulsory — families should confirm the current age boundaries with the Ministry rather than take them from a provider. The national curriculum is developed by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board, and the national qualifications are the Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary Certificate administered through the education boards. English-medium schools operate under government registration and oversight arrangements, and current requirements should be confirmed with the Ministry. On parental home education we could not verify Bangladesh's position against a primary instrument, and we will not guess: 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. Smartious is not a registered Bangladeshi school, issues no Bangladeshi qualification, and does not teach toward the SSC or HSC. That distinction is straightforward here, because Dhaka families already understand the difference between the national board route and the Cambridge or Edexcel route — most of them have chosen between the two at some point. Our teaching sits in the second category, alongside whichever school a child attends.

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

Live online via Smartious LMS. Bangladesh runs three hours ahead of our teaching base with no seasonal changes on either side, so a four or six o'clock class in Dhaka sits comfortably inside our teaching day, at the same time every week of the year, with every session recorded.

Dhaka is the capital and the centre of one of the world's largest garment export industries, with a very large and long-established English-medium school sector, a substantial professional, diplomatic and development community, and intense competition for places at the strongest schools. Bangladesh runs BST (UTC+6), three hours ahead of our teaching base.

Family situations we work with

English-medium school families needing a subject their timetable cannot cover.
Garment, textile and export-sector professional households.
Diplomatic, development and international-organisation families.
Students targeting UK, North American, Australian or Malaysian universities.
Families outside the leading schools' fees who still want the same examinations.
Students arriving mid-year with nowhere to place them.

Dhaka communities and nearby areas

Gulshan · Banani · Dhanmondi · Uttara · Bashundhara · Baridhara · Savar

Common questions from Dhaka families

Our school already does O-Levels and A-Levels — what would we gain?

Usually one specific thing: a subject set your school cannot staff for four students. Further Mathematics, a third science, or a clash. If your school covers what your child needs, we will tell you so.

Do you teach the SSC or HSC?

No. We are not a registered Bangladeshi school and issue no Bangladeshi qualification. We teach Cambridge, Edexcel, IB and AP, which sit alongside a school record.

What time are classes?

After-school works particularly well. Bangladesh is three hours ahead of our teaching base, so a four o'clock class in Dhaka is one in the afternoon for our teachers and six o'clock is three.

How do fees compare with the leading English-medium schools?

Smartious runs from USD 5,076 a year for live small-group teaching toward the same Cambridge examinations, which is a different proposition financially from the top of the local sector.

Guides for families in Bangladesh

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