Online School & Homeschool in Sarajevo

Online school and international curriculum in Sarajevo

For Sarajevo families — live Cambridge delivery in a country where the rules depend on which canton you live in, and we tell you so first.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Sarajevo families. Sarajevo holds Bosnia and Herzegovina's diplomatic and international-organisation community, a technology and outsourcing sector that has grown steadily and pulled diaspora talent home, and most of what international schooling the country has — the International School of Sarajevo, QSI, and the private international-leaning schools around them. Bosnian education law is unusual and families deserve the structure first: a state Framework Law sets the principles, but the rules that actually govern your child are made by your canton, your entity, or Brčko District. Nine-year primary education is compulsory, parental-choice homeschooling is not established, and our clean default is supplementary — your enrolment carries the obligation while we teach the international track live alongside it.

Challenges Sarajevo families face

Nine-year primary education is compulsory and parental-choice homeschooling is not established in Bosnian law.
Education competence sits with the cantons, the entities, and Brčko District — so the detail depends on where you live, and must be confirmed with your own authority.
The international tier is small and concentrated in the capital, with limited places at the strongest entry points.
Returning diaspora children arrive mid-stream from German, Austrian, Croatian, Swedish, or Swiss systems with no matching route locally.
Time zone: Bosnia and Herzegovina runs CET (UTC+1) / CEST (UTC+2 summer) — 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT, so live teaching lands inside the school day.

Why Sarajevo families choose Smartious

The structure explained before anything is sold: A state Framework Law, two entities, ten cantons, and a district — the rules that govern your child depend on where you live, and we say so rather than describing a country-wide position that does not exist.
The Cambridge track beside a small tier: Live small-group teaching from USD 5,076 a year — the supplement, the bridge while a place is found, or the alternative for families outside the capital tier.
Built for the diaspora return: A child arriving mid-stream from Germany, Austria, or Sweden keeps one internationally examined pathway instead of restarting inside a new system.
Computing depth for a growing sector: Cambridge A-Level Computer Science, Mathematics, and Further Mathematics — led by a founder with a BEd in Mathematics and Physics — suit the capital's technology households.
Timezone that lands in the school day: Sarajevo is 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Bosnia and Herzegovina requires two explanations rather than one, and the structural point comes first. The Framework Law on Primary and Secondary Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina sets the principles the whole country works to, but it names the competent education authorities as the bodies responsible for organising education in Brčko District, Republika Srpska, the Federation of BiH, and the cantons — and in the Federation, education policy, including adopting regulations and ensuring provision, is an exclusive cantonal competence. So there is no single national answer to give a family: the rules that govern your child are made where you live, and they must be confirmed with the competent education authority for your canton, entity, or district. What we can say at the level of the framework is that nine-year primary education is compulsory, roughly from six to fifteen, and that parental-choice homeschooling is not established in Bosnian law. Where laws provide for teaching at home, it follows the regional pattern — a school- or authority-organised measure for children who cannot attend, on health grounds — and we state that factually rather than as a pathway. Our clean default is therefore supplementary: the school enrolment carries the obligation entirely, and the Cambridge or IB track runs live alongside it. Secondary education is generally not compulsory, so the A-Level years generally fall outside the obligation — but given how competence is distributed, that is worth confirming locally rather than assumed.

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

Live online via Smartious LMS. Classes land inside the Sarajevo school day given the 1-2 hour offset — the after-school slot for supplementary students — with every session recorded for unlimited rewatch.

Sarajevo holds Bosnia and Herzegovina's diplomatic and international-organisation community, a growing technology and outsourcing sector, and most of the country's international schooling — inside an education system where the governing rules are made by the canton, the entity, or the district rather than the state. Bosnia and Herzegovina runs CET (UTC+1) / CEST (UTC+2), 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Family situations we work with

Diplomatic, international-organisation, and development-sector families.
IT, outsourcing, and technology families in the capital's growing sector.
Returning diaspora families from Germany, Austria, Croatia, Sweden, and the US.
Families outside the international tier's fees or capacity, supplementing a local enrolment.
Students building a UCAS or Common Application record alongside the national pathway.
Students past the compulsory phase running the full A-Level years.

Sarajevo communities and nearby areas

Centar and Baščaršija · Novo Sarajevo · Ilidža · Vogošća · Hadžići · East Sarajevo · Pale

Common questions from Sarajevo families

Is homeschooling legal in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Parental-choice homeschooling is not established in Bosnian law, and nine-year primary education is compulsory. The important structural point is that education competence sits with the cantons, the entities, and Brčko District rather than the state — so the detail that governs your child is set where you live and should be confirmed with your competent education authority.

Why does the answer depend on where we live?

The state Framework Law sets principles, but it names the competent education authorities as Brčko District, Republika Srpska, the Federation, and the cantons — and in the Federation, education policy is an exclusive cantonal competence. It is the Swiss pattern applied to a stricter baseline: one country, many rulebooks.

So how does Smartious work here?

Supplementary. Your child stays enrolled at their school, which carries the legal obligation, and takes Cambridge or IB subjects with us live in the after-school slot — building toward external examinations at authorised centres.

How does Smartious compare with the International School of Sarajevo or QSI?

They are established campuses with in-person culture and a local peer group we cannot replicate. Smartious runs live small-group teaching from USD 5,076 a year — the supplement beside a campus or a national school, and the only complete option outside the capital.

Where do Sarajevo students sit Cambridge examinations?

At authorised centres confirmed per family per session, with regional options where local capacity is limited.

Guides for families in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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