Online School & Homeschool in Lusaka

Online school and Cambridge curriculum in Lusaka

For Lusaka families — the Cambridge pathway you already know, taught live at a fraction of the fees, one hour from our teaching base.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Lusaka families. Lusaka carries Zambia's corporate weight and a diplomatic, development, and NGO community that serves much of the region — and its international-school tier has grown alongside it, with the American International School of Lusaka, the International School of Lusaka, Baobab College and the Cambridge-offering private schools drawing families from across the city. What has also grown is the fee. Smartious teaches the same Cambridge pathway those schools run, live and in small groups, from USD 5,076 a year — and with two advantages that do not exist in most of the markets we serve: teaching is in English, so there is no second curriculum to carry, and Zambia sits one hour behind our Nairobi teaching base, the closest alignment we have anywhere.

Challenges Lusaka families face

International and Cambridge-offering school fees in Lusaka have risen sharply, outpacing many professional salaries.
The strongest schools are oversubscribed, with entry points that fill early.
Families relocating within the region arrive mid-year rather than on admission cycles.
Specialist A-Level subjects — Further Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics — are often unavailable for small cohorts.
Time zone: Zambia runs CAT (UTC+2) — one hour behind Nairobi EAT, the closest alignment in our coverage, so live classes land squarely in the school day.

Why Lusaka families choose Smartious

The same qualification, a different fee: Cambridge IGCSE and A-Level taught live in groups of 4-6 from USD 5,076 a year — the pathway Lusaka's private schools already run, without the campus overheads.
No second curriculum to carry: Teaching here is in English, so a Zambian student adding Cambridge subjects is adding subjects — not the dual-language load families face across much of Europe.
The closest timezone we have: Zambia is one hour behind Nairobi EAT. Live classes land inside the Lusaka school day and afternoon, never late at night.
The subjects a small cohort cannot justify: Further Mathematics, Computer Science, and specialist A-Levels taught properly in a group of five rather than dropped from a timetable.
Founder-led STEM: Alfred Ouko holds a BEd in Mathematics and Physics and leads the Cambridge A-Level and IB STEM subjects personally when needed.

Education in Zambia is governed by the Education Act, 2011, which regulates the provision of education and the establishment and registration of educational institutions, along with curriculum, assessment, and certification; national examinations run through the Examinations Council of Zambia. Our research of that Act did not surface an explicit statutory parental home-education route, and we state that carefully: we are not aware of an established route, families considering one should confirm the current position with the Ministry of Education, and we will neither assert a prohibition we cannot evidence nor imply an availability we cannot support. What is clear and unrestricted is structured education alongside a school enrolment, and that is our clean default in Zambia — the school carries whatever obligation applies while live Cambridge or IB subjects run alongside, typically in the after-school slot given the one-hour offset. Registered private and international schools already teach Cambridge widely here, so much of what families want exists in-country; our role is to reach the households those fees exclude and the subjects those timetables cannot staff.

Premium tier includes optional in-person home tuition supplementation for Lusaka families during examination preparation periods, subject to associate teacher availability.

Live online via Smartious LMS. Classes land inside the Lusaka school day given the one-hour offset — the closest timezone alignment in our coverage — with every session recorded for unlimited rewatch.

Lusaka holds Zambia's corporate, diplomatic, development, and NGO centre alongside the country's international-school tier — with Cambridge long established in the private sector and fees rising faster than salaries. Zambia runs CAT (UTC+2), one hour behind Nairobi EAT.

Family situations we work with

Professional and corporate families facing rising Cambridge-school fees.
Diplomatic, development, and NGO families on regional postings.
Families needing an A-Level subject their school cannot staff.
Returning families from South Africa, the UK, and the Gulf keeping curriculum continuity.
Students preparing for UK, South African, or US universities.
Families in Lusaka's outer districts for whom the daily school run is the binding constraint.

Lusaka communities and nearby areas

Kabulonga · Woodlands · Rhodes Park · Roma · Chelston · Chilanga · Kafue

Common questions from Lusaka families

Is homeschooling legal in Zambia?

Education is governed by the Education Act, 2011, and our research of that Act did not surface an explicit statutory parental home-education route. We are not aware of an established route and would tell any family considering one to confirm the current position with the Ministry of Education. What is unrestricted is structured study alongside a school enrolment, which is how we work here.

How do your fees compare with Lusaka's Cambridge schools?

Smartious runs from USD 5,076 a year for live small-group teaching. Lusaka's international and Cambridge-offering private schools sit well above that, and the gap has widened as fees have risen. We are not replacing what a campus does socially — we are making the same qualification reachable.

Can we take just one or two subjects?

Yes, and it is a common arrangement here: a student stays at their school and takes Further Mathematics, Computer Science, or a science with us live because the local timetable cannot staff it for a handful of pupils.

Where do Lusaka students sit Cambridge examinations?

At authorised centres confirmed per family per session — Cambridge provision is well established in Zambia, which makes this simpler here than in most countries we serve.

Guides for families in Zambia

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