Where our Bolivia families are
Smartious Bolivia families concentrate across Santa Cruz de la Sierra (the economic capital, soy and cattle at export scale, and the country's strongest international tier), La Paz and El Alto (the seat of government, the diplomatic corps and one of South America's largest development sectors), Cochabamba (the valley university and agro-processing centre with a long missionary and NGO presence), Tarija (the southern gas fields and a high-altitude wine industry), and Potosí, Uyuni and the southwest (five centuries of mining and one of the largest lithium resources on earth). One strict statute, one working umbrella-school practice, and a seven-hour offset that works.
The economic capital and fastest-growing city in Bolivia · soy, cattle and agro-industry at export scale · gas services and corporate headquarters · the country's strongest international school tier
The seat of government and the diplomatic corps · one of the largest development and NGO sectors in South America · El Alto's manufacturing and commercial economy · the highest major city in the world
The valley city and agricultural processing centre · a major university sector · a long-established missionary, NGO and international volunteer presence · the country's most temperate climate
Bolivia's hydrocarbon heartland — the southern gas fields and processing plants · a wine and viticulture industry at high altitude · the Argentine border corridor · minimal international schooling
The historic silver and tin mining economy · the Salar de Uyuni lithium project and its international technical interest · one of the highest inhabited regions on earth · essentially no international schooling
How Smartious compares to top Bolivia schools
Bolivia's international schooling concentrates in Santa Cruz, La Paz and Cochabamba — the Santa Cruz Cooperative School, the German and Anglo-American schools, the American Cooperative School in La Paz — with fees at the top of the local market. Outside those three cities there is essentially nothing, which matters in a country whose gas, mining and lithium economies sit in Tarija and Potosí. Bolivia also has a competitive feature few markets do: colegios sombrilla, Bolivian umbrella schools serving homeschooling families under the online-education regulation. Those are not competitors to us so much as the other half of a family's arrangement.
| School | Curriculum | Fees (BOB/year) | Status / Rating | Reality check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Santa Cruz Cooperative School and the eastern tier Santa Cruz | American, IB and international | Premium tier | 4.6 | The country's strongest provision — concentrated in one city |
American Cooperative School and La Paz tier La Paz | American and IB | Competitive places | 4.5 | Serves the diplomatic and development community — competitive and expensive |
Colegios sombrilla (umbrella schools) La Paz, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba | Bolivian national, home-based | — | 4 | They hold the Bolivian enrolment and curriculum coverage; we do not. Complementary rather than competing, and many families use both |
The German and heritage schools Santa Cruz, La Paz | National-system bilingual | Varies | 4.4 | Established heritage provision — a different route entirely |
Tarija and the southwest Gas and mining regions | — | — | 0 | The hydrocarbon heartland and the lithium southwest, neither with international schooling |
US-based online schools Online | American online | Varies | 4.2 | Closer to Bolivia on the clock than we are — families should weigh that against price and class size |
Smartious Homeschool (Bolivia via online delivery) Delivered to all Bolivia | Cambridge IGCSE, A-Level, IB DP, AP | BOB equivalent at prevailing rate | 4.8 | Every class live through A-Level + works alongside a colegio sombrilla rather than replacing it + Tarija and Potosí reached + seven hours rather than nine |
Fee ranges reflect published 2026 tuition for Year 7-13 across the school's tier structure. Specific fees vary by year group and additional school charges (registration, capital fee, books, transport, uniforms). Smartious USD pricing translates to fixed BOB via the peg.
Homeschool laws & regulatory framework in the Bolivia
Bolivia has the strictest statutory framing in our Latin American coverage and, at the same time, one of the most practical working arrangements. Both belong on this page, and so does the line between what a Bolivian umbrella school does and what we do.
Ley 070 and how strictly it reads
The Ley de la Educación "Avelino Siñani – Elizardo Pérez" of 20 December 2010 governs Bolivian education. Article 1 establishes education as a right at all levels — universal, productive, free, integral and intercultural — and as a supreme function and first financial responsibility of the State, which has an indeclinable obligation to sustain, guarantee and manage it; it provides that the State and society have full guardianship, tuición plena, over the education system. Education is compulsory up to bachillerato and fiscal education is free at all levels. That is the strongest statist framing we encounter anywhere in Latin America, and we would not soften it for a family.
Educación Regular, and one provision that reads more openly
Article 85 structures the system into subsystems, and the Subsistema de Educación Regular set out in articles 9 to 15 is described as systematic, regulated, obligatory and processual, running from Educación Inicial en Familia Comunitaria through Educación Primaria Comunitaria Vocacional to Educación Secundaria Comunitaria Productiva. One provision reads differently from the rest: Educación Inicial en Familia Comunitaria recognises and strengthens the family and community as the first space of socialisation and learning, and its first stage is described as non-schooled and of shared family and community responsibility. Commentary notes, fairly, that this is largely nominal in practice because pre-school libretas are still requested. The compulsory range is reported as roughly five to seventeen; confirm the current boundaries with the Ministerio de Educación.
What that has meant in practice, and rulings both ways
Commentary reads the Constitution and Ley 070 together as requiring formal education in qualified centres, with possible sanctions for non-attendance. It also reports that in Bolivia — as in Paraguay — without clear mention in the norms, there have been rulings both in favour of and against educating at home. We give that as the honest state of things: a strict statute, no explicit home-education provision, and a judicial picture that has not settled.
The colegios sombrilla, which are the practical answer here
This is the most useful part of the page for a Bolivian family, and it is rarely explained properly. The government issued a regulation covering online education within educación regular, and under it a number of Bolivian schools began working with the homeschooling community in the eje troncal — La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba — operating as colegios sombrilla, or umbrella schools. Community sources also record that in 2018 a formal agreement was concluded with a Bolivian school acting as curriculum provider, though it did not resolve every question. What an umbrella school provides is the Bolivian side of the arrangement: the enrolment, the national curriculum coverage, and the domestic record. Families outside the three main cities should ask specifically whether an arrangement is open to them rather than assume it, since the practice developed in the eje troncal.
Where we sit, stated precisely
Smartious is not authorised by the Bolivian Ministerio de Educación, does not operate premises in Bolivia, and issues no Bolivian qualification. We are not an umbrella school and cannot substitute for one. What we teach are Cambridge IGCSE and A-Level, Pearson Edexcel, the IB Diploma and Advanced Placement — internationally examined qualifications read directly by universities abroad, which a Bolivian domestic record cannot substitute for at a foreign admissions office. So the two services are complementary rather than alternative: the umbrella school or ordinary school carries Bolivia, and we carry the international track. A family aiming at university outside Bolivia frequently needs both, and we would rather draw that line clearly than let anyone assume we cover the domestic side.
The timezone, and a country that is hard to cross
Bolivia runs BOT at UTC-4 with no daylight saving against our UTC+3, a fixed seven-hour gap — the same as the Dominican Republic and materially better than Costa Rica, Guatemala or Mexico at nine. Bolivian morning and very early afternoon classes both fall in our teaching day, and with schools commonly running turno mañana and tarde, most students have one window genuinely free. That matters more here than the arithmetic suggests: Bolivia is landlocked, divided by altitude and genuinely hard to travel, so for families in Potosí, Uyuni or the southern gas fields, reaching a campus can mean a flight rather than a drive — and live delivery closes that distance without a move.
Why Bolivia families choose Smartious
Reasons grounded in the realities of Bolivia education — local school capacity constraints, corporate transfer and diplomatic timing, commute and logistics, currency stability, and the curriculum portability that mobile expat and dual-nationality families need.
We work alongside a colegio sombrilla, not against one
Umbrella schools carry the Bolivian enrolment and curriculum; we carry the internationally examined track. Complementary services, and we say so rather than implying we cover both.
The statute stated without softening
Ley 070 makes education compulsory to bachillerato and Educación Regular expressly obligatory, with the State holding full guardianship over the system. We do not dress that down.
Tarija and the southwest reached
The gas fields and the lithium region carry Bolivia's economy and have no international schooling at all.
The mining cohort, four continents deep
Potosí sits in the same live classes as Antofagasta, Arequipa, Kolwezi and the Copperbelt — one subject spine, one examination board, full portability.
Seven hours in a country hard to cross
Mornings and very early afternoons both work, which matters where reaching a campus means a flight rather than a drive.
Kenya CBC for the development sector
La Paz's rotating development community often arrives from or departs to East Africa, and CBC continuity is a real option here rather than a token one.
What you can verify about Smartious
We publish only facts we can substantiate — operational history, curriculum coverage, teacher base, and infrastructure. No invented testimonials or pass-rate claims.
Founder-led education company
Founded 2019 by Alfred Ouko (BEd Mathematics & Physics). Smartious operates a full teaching team of 11 with two international-standard operational centres established 2022 and 2023. Not a marketplace, not a freelance network.
Two operational centres
Live teaching is delivered to Bolivia families from two international-standard operational centres, established 2022 and 2023. Teachers work from professional academic facilities with accountability and infrastructure beyond marketplace or freelance models.
Cambridge-trained PGCE specialists
Teachers are PGCE-qualified subject specialists with Cambridge International training. Subject specialism means a Chemistry teacher teaches only Chemistry — not generalist primary-style teaching.
120+ countries served
Active students in Bolivia and 13 other markets across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and Asia. Verifiable through cross-country cohort interaction in live classes.
Ontario Diploma (OSSD) partnership
Smartious students can earn the Ontario Secondary School Diploma through our partnership with Canadian Cross International School (Ontario-inspected private school). The OSSD is recognised by Canadian universities (OUAC), US universities (Common Application), UK universities (UCAS) and globally — particularly valuable for Canadian U15 applications.
5 international curricula
Cambridge IGCSE & A-Level (primary offering), Pearson Edexcel International GCSE & A-Level, IB Diploma Programme, American Curriculum with AP, Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) via Canadian Cross International School partnership. Multiple credential pathways per family.
Live class transparency
Every class is live with recorded sessions for review. Parents can audit class quality directly. This is materially different from pre-recorded video courses with light tutor support.
4.9 from 123+ verified Google reviews
“Smartious Homeschooling delivers genuinely effective one-on-one instruction. The teachers are patient, consistent, and skilled at identifying and addressing each learner's specific academic gaps. Since enrolling, our child has become more confident, enjoys lessons, and is now performing above grade level. For families in Nairobi seeking a dependable, academically rigorous homeschooling programme with personalised support, Smartious is a standout choice.”
“What I love most about Smartious is how they make learning enjoyable. The tutors use engaging methods that keep children interested throughout the lesson. My child now looks forward to studying instead of avoiding it.”
“I have peace of mind as a Smartious Homeschool parent. No more traffic and early morning rush to school. Smartious are the most organized homeschool providers.”
Reviews above are from our verified Google Business Profile. For Bolivia-specific parent references during your decision-making, request these during your free assessment — we can introduce you to current Bolivia families happy to share their experience directly.
Accreditation, Recognition & University Pathways
Smartious students earn qualifications administered by independent international examination boards. Recognition flows from the board itself — not from the school that delivered the curriculum. Below is the accreditation, examination and verification framework that connects Bolivian Smartious students to universities worldwide.
Cambridge International
Cambridge Assessment International Education · University of Cambridge
Smartious's primary offer for Bolivia families. Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge A-Level delivered as live small-group classes on a fixed seven-hour offset with no seasonal drift — Bolivian mornings and very early afternoons both work, which suits both turnos — run alongside either an ordinary Bolivian school enrolment or a colegio sombrilla arrangement, whichever a family holds. Cambridge Spanish available beside the English-medium core. Examinations at authorised provision confirmed per session; Smartious holds no Bolivian ministerial authorisation and issues no Bolivian qualification.
Pearson Edexcel International
Pearson · UK Edexcel curriculum adapted for international delivery
International GCSE and International A-Level qualifications, administered by Pearson. Three examination series annually (January, May/June, October/November) providing additional flexibility versus the Cambridge twice-yearly schedule.
International Baccalaureate Organisation
IB Diploma Programme · IBO Geneva
IB Diploma administered by the International Baccalaureate Organisation in Geneva. Recognised by leading universities globally with particularly strong weighting at US Ivy League, US selective liberal arts colleges, Canadian U15 and top European universities.
College Board
American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP)
AP courses and examinations administered by the College Board, the US non-profit responsible for the SAT and AP programmes. AP scores are widely recognised by US universities for university credit, plus by Canadian, UK, Australian and many universities worldwide.
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
Canadian Cross International School · Ontario Ministry of Education
OSSD earned through Smartious's partnership with Canadian Cross International School, an Ontario-inspected private school. Smartious students enrol concurrently with CCIS to complete the OSSD curriculum and credit requirements alongside Cambridge or other pathways. OSSD is one of the most recognised secondary credentials worldwide — particularly strong for Canadian U15 admissions via OUAC, US universities via Common Application, and UK universities via UCAS.
Examination centre arrangements in Bolivia
International examinations require attendance at authorised examination centres on specific dates. In Bolivia, established examination centres serve Cambridge International, Pearson Edexcel and other major international qualifications.
Smartious manages examination registration logistics including centre selection, registration paperwork and deadline compliance. Cambridge International and Pearson Edexcel examinations for Bolivia-based students sit as external candidates at authorised provision, with capacity confirmed per family per session — Santa Cruz is checked first, with options in La Paz and Cochabamba and travel planned well ahead from Tarija and the southwest. Bolivia is landlocked, altitude-divided and physically hard to travel, so examination logistics need more lead time here than in most of our markets. One point of clarity that matters especially in Bolivia: where a family uses a colegio sombrilla, that Bolivian school handles the domestic enrolment, curriculum coverage and record. Smartious does not — we are not authorised by the Bolivian Ministerio de Educación and issue no Bolivian qualification. We plan the Cambridge or IB calendar around whichever Bolivian arrangement a family holds.
University recognition worldwide
Cambridge International, Pearson Edexcel, IB Diploma and American AP qualifications are recognised across the major university systems globally.
the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in La Paz, the Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno in Santa Cruz, the Universidad Mayor de San Simón in Cochabamba, the Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier in Sucre — among the oldest in the Americas — and a private sector including UPB and UPSA.
Cambridge · Oxford · Imperial College London · UCL · LSE · King's College London · Edinburgh · Manchester · Bristol · Birmingham · Warwick · Durham · the Russell Group · the broader UK system via UCAS
Harvard · Yale · Princeton · Columbia · Penn · Brown · Dartmouth · Cornell · Amherst · Williams · Pomona · UC Berkeley · UCLA · Michigan · Virginia · top liberal arts and public research universities via the Common Application
Toronto · McGill · UBC · McMaster · Waterloo · Western · Queen's · the U15 research universities · OUAC for Ontario applications
Melbourne · Sydney · ANU · Monash · Queensland · UWA · Adelaide · UNSW · the Group of Eight via UAC
NYU Abu Dhabi · Sorbonne Abu Dhabi · Khalifa · AUS · AUD · UAE branch campuses · KFUPM · KAUST · KSU · KAU · Saudi national universities · Education City Doha (Georgetown · Northwestern · CMU · Cornell · Texas A&M · HEC Paris · UCL)
Berlin Humboldt · Munich LMU · Heidelberg · RWTH Aachen · TU Munich · French Grandes Écoles · Amsterdam · Leiden · Utrecht · Bologna · Sapienza · ETH Zurich · EPFL
How universities verify qualifications
Universities verify Cambridge International, Pearson Edexcel, IB Diploma and American AP qualifications directly with the issuing examination boards through standard verification services — Cambridge International Verification of Awards, Pearson's Verification of Results, the IB Organisation's verification service, and the College Board AP Score Reporting service. The qualification's credibility comes from the examination board itself, which is why these qualifications are equally valid whether earned at a physical school or through Smartious.
Curriculum approaches we offer Bolivian families
British Curriculum
Cambridge IGCSE & A-Level · Pearson Edexcel
Cambridge IGCSE: Years 10-11, eight to ten subjects. Cambridge A-Level: Years 12-13, three or four subjects in depth. Pearson Edexcel as British alternative with three examination series annually.
Bolivia families targeting the Cambridge pathway. Best fit for: (1) families already using a colegio sombrilla who need an internationally examined qualification for study abroad, (2) Potosí, Uyuni and Tarija households in mining and gas regions with no international provision, (3) La Paz diplomatic and development families whose postings rotate, (4) Santa Cruz and Cochabamba families outside the international tier's fees, (5) students needing a subject their school cannot staff.
Live online classes in the Bolivian morning or very early afternoon, small groups 4-6 students, every session recorded, alongside a Bolivian school or umbrella arrangement.
IB Diploma Programme
International Baccalaureate Organisation
Grades 11-12. Six subjects (three Higher Level, three Standard Level), plus Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay (4,000-word independent research paper), and Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS).
Bolivia families in the country's IB sector wanting live subject teaching, Theory of Knowledge, and Extended Essay supervision alongside their school.
Live online IB DP classes across all six subject groups plus Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay supervision.
American Curriculum
College Board · AP · SAT & ACT
US high school curriculum through Grade 12. Advanced Placement courses Grades 9-12 with college-level subject specialisation. SAT or ACT preparation integrated alongside curriculum delivery.
Bolivia families targeting US universities via Common Application.
American Curriculum with AP courses Grades 9-12, SAT/ACT preparation, Common App essay coaching.
Ontario Secondary School Diploma
OSSD · via Canadian Cross International School partnership
Grades 9-12 Ontario curriculum delivered through Smartious's partnership with Canadian Cross International School (Ontario-inspected private secondary school). Students complete the 30 credits required for OSSD including the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) and 40 community involvement hours.
Bolivian families targeting Canadian U15 universities (Toronto, McGill, UBC, McMaster, Waterloo, Western, Queen's) via OUAC, US universities via the Common Application, UK universities via UCAS, and Australian universities. The OSSD is particularly strong for direct Canadian university applications because students apply as Ontario secondary graduates rather than international students.
Live online instruction by qualified subject teachers, concurrent enrolment with Canadian Cross International School for official OSSD transcripting, Ontario course codes (ENG4U, MHF4U, SCH4U etc.) recorded against each student. CCIS issues the official Ontario diploma and transcript on successful completion of the OSSD requirements.
Primary, Secondary & Sixth Form
Primary Programmes
Ages 5-11 · Years 1-6 · Grades 1-5 · IB PYP
Cambridge Primary, Common Core or IB Primary Years Programme. Live classes are age-appropriate in length (40-50 minutes), scheduled in your local BOT time zone to suit Primary-age attention spans. Small group sizes support individual attention. Weekly parent dashboards and monthly written reports cover academic and developmental progress.
Secondary Programmes
Years 7-11 · Grades 6-11
Lower Secondary (Years 7-9) builds the foundations for IGCSE entry. IGCSE Years (10-11) cover eight to ten subjects with examination registration at Authorised Bolivian Cambridge provision. One-on-one subject choice consultation at IGCSE entry aligns subjects with university targets. Mid-year arrivals accepted with academic catch-up support.
Sixth Form & University Preparation
Years 12-13 · Grades 11-12
Bolivian universities admit on the bachillerato through their own admission processes, with foreign qualifications going through recognition procedures confirmed per institution — and the domestic side of a student's record has to come from a Bolivian institution rather than from us, which is precisely why families using an umbrella arrangement keep it. Outward, Bolivian students look most often to Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Spain, with the United States and Canada meaningful particularly for the mining and energy sectors, and all of them read Cambridge A-Levels, the IB Diploma and AP records directly. UCAS reads A-Levels natively, and A-Levels are accepted in 160+ countries — including the mining engineering, metallurgy and materials programmes our Potosí and Tarija families most often have in view. Smartious provides personalised university guidance across Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Spanish, US, Canadian, UK (UCAS), and Bolivian destinations.
Eight reasons Bolivian families choose Smartious
Each reason is grounded in something verifiable — not in marketing claims.
Experienced international educators
Subject-specific degree-qualified teaching staff with cumulative experience across Cambridge International, Pearson Edexcel, IB Diploma and American Curriculum. Many hold advanced teaching credentials including PGCE, Cambridge PDT certification, or national teaching registration in their home jurisdiction.
Personalised learning plans
Every student begins with an initial assessment. The learning plan that follows is tailored to academic level, subject preferences, target universities and family situation — not a one-size-fits-all schedule.
Academic assessments
Initial diagnostic assessment. Weekly informal assessment within classes. Monthly formal assessments. Mock examinations under timed conditions during IGCSE and A-Level years. Results inform teaching adjustments.
Small class sizes
Online tier classes have four to six students. Online Plus has smaller groups. Premium is one-on-one. Class size affects individual attention, question response time, and student speaking time during class.
Progress monitoring
Weekly parent dashboards showing attendance and assessment results. Monthly written subject reports from each teacher. Termly comprehensive reports covering academic progress, study habits and university preparation.
Parent communication
Direct communication with subject teachers and form tutors via the parent portal. Email for admissions and pastoral matters, with response within one business day. Scheduled parent-teacher meetings each term.
Global student community
Live classes bring together students from across 14 countries. Wednesday afternoon enrichment programmes — coding, robotics, debate, Model UN, chess, journalism, leadership — develop collaborative learning across geographies.
University admissions guidance
Progressive guidance from Year 10 onwards. UCAS, Common Application, OUAC, UAC and direct university application support. Personal statement coaching, interview preparation and offer-management guidance.
Alfred Ouko
Founder, Smartious Homeschool & eSchool
Alfred Ouko is the founder of Smartious Homeschool & eSchool, established in 2019 while studying at the University of Nairobi. He has grown the organisation from a tuition support service into an international online school serving families across 14 countries, including Alfred Ouko founded Smartious in Nairobi in 2019 to make international qualifications accessible to families at online-delivery fees rather than campus ones. Bolivia is the market where a domestic solution already exists for the domestic problem — colegios sombrilla carry the Bolivian side — which makes it unusually easy for us to say exactly what we add and what we do not..
Bachelor of Education (Science) — Mathematics and Physics, University of Nairobi (2022)
- Over six years supporting students through international curriculum pathways — Cambridge International (IGCSE and A-Level), Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, American Curriculum with AP, and homeschooling pathways.
- Direct teaching experience in secondary-level Mathematics and Physics across multiple international curriculum boards.
- Leadership of curriculum development, teacher recruitment and academic standards across Smartious's two international-standard operational centres and online programmes serving Bolivia families.
- Specialism in supporting students through university admissions to Alfred holds a BEd in Mathematics and Physics — Smartious's Cambridge A-Level and IB Diploma STEM subjects are led personally when needed, suiting Potosí's mining and lithium households, Tarija's gas engineering families, and every medicine-bound student in Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. Head of Academics supervises curriculum delivery and university placement strategy per family..
“International curriculum mastery is achievable for students from any background when subject specialists, small class sizes, and individual academic plans are combined with the discipline and structure good schools provide.”
Common questions from Bolivia families
Is homeschooling legal in Bolivia?+
Ley 070, the Avelino Siñani – Elizardo Pérez law of 2010, makes education compulsory up to bachillerato and describes Educación Regular as systematic, regulated, obligatory and processual, with article 1 giving the State and society full guardianship over the education system. Commentary reads the framework as requiring formal education in qualified centres with possible sanctions for non-attendance, and reports rulings going both ways. In practice, a regulation for online education has allowed some Bolivian schools to work with homeschooling families as colegios sombrilla. Confirm your own position with the Ministerio de Educación.
What is a colegio sombrilla?+
A Bolivian umbrella school that carries the enrolment, national curriculum coverage and domestic record for a family educating largely at home. The practice developed under the government's online-education regulation in La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. Families elsewhere should ask specifically whether an arrangement is available rather than assume it.
Are you an umbrella school, or do you replace one?+
Neither. We are not authorised by the Bolivian Ministerio de Educación and issue no Bolivian qualification. We teach Cambridge, Edexcel, IB and AP toward international examinations. The two services are complementary — the umbrella school covers Bolivia, we cover the international track — and families aiming abroad often need both.
Why would we need an international qualification as well?+
Because a Bolivian domestic record is assessed by foreign universities through recognition procedures, whereas Cambridge A-Levels, the IB Diploma and AP records are read directly. If your child will apply abroad, that difference is the whole argument.
Does the compulsory range really run to bachillerato?+
Yes — Ley 070 makes education compulsory up to bachillerato, with the range reported as roughly five to seventeen. Confirm the current boundaries for your child with the Ministerio de Educación.
How does the timezone work?+
Seven hours, fixed — the same as the Dominican Republic and better than most of our Latin American markets. Bolivian mornings and very early afternoons both land in our teaching day, and turno mañana/tarde leaves most students one window free.
Where do Bolivian students sit Cambridge examinations?+
At authorised provision confirmed per family per session — Santa Cruz first, with options in La Paz and Cochabamba and travel planned well ahead from Tarija and the southwest, since Bolivia is genuinely hard to cross.
Which parts of Bolivia does Smartious cover?+
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, La Paz and El Alto, Cochabamba, Tarija and the southern gas fields, and Potosí, Uyuni and the southwest have dedicated pages. Live online delivery works identically anywhere in the country.
Bolivian students join a 14+ country global cohort
Live classes bring together students from across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and Asia. A Bolivia student in our Year 11 IGCSE Mathematics class will be alongside peers in Cairo, Dubai, Bangkok, Seoul, Casablanca and Kigali. The Wednesday enrichment programmes (debate, Model UN, robotics, journalism) operate as one global classroom rather than thirteen separate national ones.