Online School & Homeschool in Pokhara

Online school and international curriculum in Pokhara

For Pokhara families — the second city, and A-Levels two hundred kilometres east in the valley.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Pokhara families. Nepal's second city anchors the trekking and tourism economy, with a growing professional and hospitality population, a substantial international visitor community and an international airport. What it does not have is A-Level provision — that is concentrated almost entirely in the Kathmandu valley, two hundred kilometres east, which for a Pokhara family has meant sending a child away at grade 11. Live delivery supplies the teaching where the family already is, in after-school hours that fit our day.

Challenges Pokhara families face

Almost no A-Level provision locally, with the concentration in Kathmandu two hundred kilometres east.
Families who would otherwise send a child to the valley at grade 11.
A seasonal tourism economy that shapes the household year.
We could not verify Nepal's position on parental home education.
Time zone: two hours and forty-five minutes ahead of our teaching base — after-school classes work well.

Why Pokhara families choose Smartious

No move to Kathmandu at grade 11: Sending a child to the valley for A-Levels has been the standard answer for Pokhara families. Live delivery supplies the teaching without the second household.
Geography and environmental science with real local ground: The Annapurna region, the lakes and the tourism economy make Cambridge Geography and Biology and AP Environmental Science unusually well grounded here.
Business and economics for a tourism city: Cambridge A-Level Economics, Business and Mathematics suit families running hospitality and trekking operations.
After-school hours that genuinely work: A four o'clock class in Pokhara is quarter past one in the afternoon for our teachers.
Every session recorded: Which suits a household whose working year peaks with the trekking seasons.

The national picture applies in Pokhara: education is administered by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, basic education is compulsory, and the national qualifications are the SEE at grade 10 and the NEB examinations at grades 11 and 12, with private and institutional schools operating under government registration and oversight. We could not verify Nepal's position on parental home education against a primary instrument and decline to read that silence in either direction — confirm with the Ministry directly. Smartious is not a registered Nepali school, issues no Nepali qualification and does not teach toward the SEE or the NEB examinations. Our arrangement is live subject teaching alongside a Nepali school enrolment.

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

Live online via Smartious LMS in after-school blocks, with the full recorded library built for seasonal working patterns.

Pokhara is Nepal's second city and the centre of its trekking and tourism economy, with a growing professional and hospitality population and an international airport — and almost no A-Level provision, that being concentrated in the Kathmandu valley two hundred kilometres east. Nepal runs NPT (UTC+5:45), two hours and forty-five minutes ahead of our teaching base.

Family situations we work with

Trekking, tourism and hospitality business families.
Professional and commercial households in the growing second city.
Families with a parent or sibling working abroad.
Students who would otherwise relocate to Kathmandu at grade 11.
Households aiming at universities abroad from outside the valley.

Pokhara communities and nearby areas

Pokhara · Lakeside · Sarangkot · Lekhnath · Damauli · Baglung · the Annapurna region

Common questions from Pokhara families

Would our child still need to move to Kathmandu for A-Levels?

Not for the teaching. Live delivery supplies A-Level subject specialists in Pokhara identically, with examination travel a few times a year rather than a permanent move.

Our family works the trekking season — can schooling fit?

It is built for it: live classes at whatever hour suits plus a complete recorded library, so the academic year holds through the busiest months.

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