Online School & Homeschool in Tunis

Online school and international curriculum in Tunis

For Tunis families from Lac to La Marsa — the Cambridge route the capital has never had, with French kept alongside.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Tunis families. Tunis carries Tunisia's corporate weight — a large francophone offshoring and shared-services sector working for French and European clients, aeronautics and technology firms, banking, the diplomatic and international-organisation community, and a professional class with deep ties to France and Italy. Its international schooling is dominated by the French network, which is strong and heavily oversubscribed, alongside a smaller private bilingual sector. British and IB provision is thin. Under the Loi d'orientation of 2002 education is compulsory from six to sixteen, so our clean default is supplementary: your school enrolment carries that duty, and we teach the Cambridge or IB track live alongside it — with Cambridge French running beside the English-medium core.

Challenges Tunis families face

International schooling in Tunis is dominated by the French network and heavily oversubscribed.
British and IB provision is thin, so families targeting UK, Gulf, or North American universities have had little local path.
Education is compulsory from six to sixteen under the Loi d'orientation n° 2002-80.
Offshoring, aeronautics, and diplomatic postings move families in and out on contract timelines.
Time zone: Tunisia runs CET (UTC+1) with no daylight saving — a fixed two-hour offset behind Nairobi EAT all year.

Why Tunis families choose Smartious

The British route the capital does not have: Tunis is a French-system city with long waitlists and thin Cambridge provision. That gap is the reason we are here.
French kept alongside, deliberately: Cambridge French runs beside the English-medium core, so French, Canadian, and Tunisian options stay open while UK, Gulf, and American ones open up.
Built for the offshoring economy: A sector that works in French and increasingly needs English is exactly where an English-medium examined record pays off for the next generation.
A fixed offset, all year: Neither Tunisia nor Kenya observes daylight saving, so the two-hour gap never drifts — class times are the same in January and July.
An African school teaching African families: Nairobi-built and Nairobi-taught, serving families in 40+ countries.

Tunisian education law is set by the Loi d'orientation n° 2002-80 of 23 July 2002 relating to education and school teaching. Education is compulsory from the age of six to the age of sixteen, running as nine years of enseignement de base followed by secondary education to the baccalauréat. We are not aware of an established parental-choice home-education route under that law, and we phrase it that way deliberately rather than asserting a categorical prohibition we cannot fully evidence — a family whose plan turns on the point should confirm the current position with the Ministère de l'Éducation. The baccalauréat can in defined circumstances be taken by independent candidates; eligibility and procedure are ministry matters to confirm directly, and it is not a homeschooling route we would present as such. What is unrestricted is structured education alongside a school enrolment, and that is what we build: the school carries the compulsory-education duty and the daily routine, while the Cambridge or IB track runs live in the after-school hours toward external examinations.

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

Live online via Smartious LMS. With Tunisia on CET year-round and Kenya two hours ahead with no daylight saving on either side, classes land in the Tunis afternoon at a constant time every week of the year, with every session recorded.

Tunis holds Tunisia's offshoring and shared-services sector serving French and European markets, its aeronautics and technology firms, banking, and the diplomatic community — with international schooling dominated by an oversubscribed French network and thin British or IB provision. Tunisia runs CET (UTC+1) with no daylight saving, a fixed two-hour offset behind Nairobi EAT.

Family situations we work with

Offshoring, shared-services, and technology-sector families working for European clients.
Aeronautics, engineering, and manufacturing management families.
Diplomatic, international-organisation, and development-sector families.
Families on the French lycée waitlist needing a bridge or an alternative.
European resident and long-stay families along the Tunis coast.
Dual-residence and returning diaspora families with ties to France, Italy, and Germany.

Tunis communities and nearby areas

Tunis centre · Les Berges du Lac · La Marsa · Carthage · Sidi Bou Said · Ariana · Ben Arous

Common questions from Tunis families

Is homeschooling legal in Tunisia?

Education is compulsory from six to sixteen under the Loi d'orientation n° 2002-80 of 2002, and we are not aware of an established parental-choice home-education route under that law. We put it in those terms rather than asserting a flat prohibition, and would tell any family whose plan depends on it to confirm with the Ministère de l'Éducation. Structured study alongside a school enrolment is unrestricted.

Is there a British-curriculum school in Tunis?

Provision is thin. International schooling here is dominated by the French network, which is strong and heavily oversubscribed, with a smaller private bilingual sector alongside it. A Cambridge route is scarce — which is the gap live delivery fills.

Can our child keep French while studying in English?

Yes, and most of our Tunisian families do. Cambridge French runs alongside the English-medium academic core, keeping French, Canadian, and Tunisian university options open while adding UK, Gulf, and American ones.

What are the class times like?

Tunisia runs CET all year with no daylight saving and Kenya observes none either, so our teaching hours sit at a fixed two-hour offset — classes land in the Tunis afternoon at the same time every week of the year.

Guides for families in Tunisia

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