Online School & Homeschool in Tripoli & the North

Online school and international curriculum in Tripoli Lebanon

For Tripoli and northern families — the second city, an hour and a half from where the international schools are.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Tripoli and northern Lebanese families. The north holds the country's second city, its port and a long commercial and trading tradition, with the University of Balamand and the Koura district nearby. It is a substantial population, and international school provision here is thin relative to it — the concentration is in Beirut, an hour and a half south along the coast. Live delivery reaches the north identically, and Lebanon sits within an hour of our teaching clock all year.

Challenges Tripoli & the North families face

International school provision is thin relative to the size of the population.
Beirut is an hour and a half south along the coast.
Families with relatives abroad needing a portable record.
We could not verify Lebanon's position on parental home education.
Time zone: one hour behind us in winter and exactly level in summer.

Why Tripoli & the North families choose Smartious

The complete option outside the capital: Identical live delivery in Tripoli and Beirut — no relocation and no daily coastal commute.
Business and economics for a trading city: Cambridge A-Level Economics, Business, Accounting and Mathematics suit families who have run northern commerce for generations.
A record read wherever your family is: Read directly in the Gulf, West Africa, France, North America and the UK.
Almost no timezone at all: One hour behind in winter, level in summer.
French and Arabic kept as examined subjects: Both run alongside the English-medium core.

The national picture applies in the north: education is compulsory and administered by MEHE, private schools operate under ministry licensing, and we could not verify Lebanon's position on parental home education against a primary instrument — a silence we decline to read in either direction. Confirm with MEHE directly. Smartious is not a MEHE-licensed school, issues no Lebanese qualification and does not teach toward the Lebanese Baccalaureate. Our arrangement is live international teaching alongside a Lebanese school enrolment.

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

Live online via Smartious LMS, effectively across our whole teaching day given the near-zero offset, with every session recorded.

Tripoli holds Lebanon's second city, its port and a long commercial and trading tradition, with the University of Balamand and the Koura district nearby — and international school provision thin relative to the population, concentrated instead in Beirut. Lebanon runs EET (UTC+2), moving to EEST (UTC+3) in summer.

Family situations we work with

Commercial, trading and port-sector families.
University academic and professional households.
Families with relatives across the Gulf, West Africa and North America.
Students aiming at AUB, LAU, Balamand or universities abroad.
Households that would otherwise consider relocating to Beirut for schooling.

Tripoli & the North communities and nearby areas

Tripoli · El Mina · Koura · Zgharta · Batroun · Chekka · Bcharre

Common questions from Tripoli & the North families

Is there international schooling in Tripoli?

Thin relative to the size of the population, with the concentration in Beirut an hour and a half south. Live delivery reaches the whole north identically.

Our child is aiming at AUB or LAU — does an international record help?

Both teach in English, and an externally examined English-medium school record demonstrates sustained academic work in the language of instruction rather than only a test score.

Guides for families in Lebanon

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