Online School & Homeschool in Jordan

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, A-Level, Pearson Edexcel, IB Diploma, and American AP for development-sector, corporate, industrial and Jordanian families across Amman, Aqaba, Irbid, Zarqa and the Jordan Valley. Jordan is the first country in our entire coverage on exactly our teaching clock — UTC+3 year-round, both sides, no offset and no seasonal drift — so every hour of our day is genuinely available to you.

From USD 423/month, with dinar fees effectively fixed by the dollar peg. Small live classes 4-6 students, Cambridge / IB / American AP through to A-Level — at any hour that suits.

Where our Jordan families are

Smartious Jordan families concentrate across Amman (a regional headquarters city with one of the largest development and NGO communities in the region and a deep international tier), Aqaba (the sole port and special economic zone, four hours south), Irbid and the north (the university city, with medical and engineering ambitions and thin provision), Zarqa and the industrial belt (the refinery and manufacturing heartland, close to Amman and priced out of it), and the Dead Sea and Jordan Valley (minerals, agriculture and resorts spread down a long valley). One compulsory framework, one honest legal hedge, and no timezone at all.

Homeschool laws and regulation in Jordan

Jordan is one of the markets where we could not verify the central question, and we would rather open by saying so than write around it. Here is what we can establish, and the two practical facts that shape our offer here more than the law does.

What we can establish

Education in Jordan is administered by the Ministry of Education, whose mandate is to ensure the provision of quality education from the early years through secondary education. Basic education is compulsory — commonly described as ten years, with families advised to confirm the current boundaries with the Ministry rather than take them from any article. Private schools operate with Ministry licensing, and Smartious does not hold it: we do not operate premises in Jordan, we claim no Jordanian recognition, and the qualifications we deliver carry Cambridge, Pearson Edexcel, IB or AP validity rather than a domestic one.

What we could not establish

Jordan's position on parental home education. We could not verify it against a primary instrument, and we are not going to fill that gap with confident prose. We will not tell you home education is permitted in Jordan and we will not tell you it is prohibited; both would exceed what we can evidence. What we would add is the point we make in Panama, Guatemala and Venezuela: an absence of clear regulation is an absence of protection rather than a permission, because where a matter is unaddressed there is nothing for a family to demonstrate if the question is raised. Put it to the Ministry of Education directly.

The Tawjihi, and where our track sits

The national qualification is the Tawjihi, and we do not teach toward it. We say that plainly, though it is a less confusing point in Jordan than in most markets: a great many Jordanian private schools already run IGCSE, the IB and SAT alongside the national route, so families here generally understand that an international examination track sits beside the national record rather than replacing it. Jordanian universities admit principally on the Tawjihi with international qualifications entering through equivalency procedures — confirm that route early if a Jordanian university is the plan.

What we therefore build

Live Cambridge or IB teaching alongside a Jordanian school enrolment. The school carries the compulsory-education duty and the domestic record; we teach the internationally examined track alongside it. Nothing in that arrangement depends on the unresolved question, which is exactly why it is the arrangement we build.

The clock, which is genuinely without precedent for us

This deserves stating properly because Jordan is the first country in our entire coverage where it is true. Jordan runs UTC+3 year-round following the end of seasonal clock changes. Our teaching base runs UTC+3 year-round. That is a zero offset — not a small one, not one that shifts in summer, but none at all, permanently. Israel comes closest at one hour in winter and level in summer; Jordan is level always. The practical consequence is that our entire teaching day is available to a Jordanian family at exactly the hour it appears on their own clock. A seven o'clock evening class is seven o'clock for both of us. In ninety other markets the timetable is a constraint we work around and are honest about; here there is nothing to work around.

And the currency, which is unusually predictable

The Jordanian dinar is pegged to the US dollar at a long-standing fixed rate. Our fees are quoted in USD, which means a Jordanian family committing to five years of schooling is committing to a figure that is effectively fixed in their own currency as well. Across our coverage that is true only in a handful of markets — the dollarised ones and the pegged ones — and it removes a variable that families elsewhere have to plan around.

Why Jordan families choose Smartious

Zero timezone offset, year-round

Jordan and our teaching base both run UTC+3 with no seasonal changes. The first market in our coverage with no offset at all — every hour of our day is available at the hour it shows on your clock.

Fees effectively fixed in dinars

The dollar peg means a USD-quoted multi-year commitment behaves predictably in local terms.

Built for a rotating development sector

Jordan hosts one of the largest UN and NGO concentrations in the region. One pathway continues unchanged to the next posting.

Zarqa, Aqaba, Irbid and the valley reached

Four regions carrying industry, trade, universities and minerals, none with an international school tier.

Honest about the question we could not verify

We could not establish Jordan's home-education position and say so rather than guessing in either direction.

Arabic kept as an examined subject

Cambridge Arabic alongside the English-medium core rather than traded away.

Fees and admission

From USD 423/month for Primary, payable termly; varies by curriculum and level. One-to-one tuition: USD 15/hour.

Frequently asked questions

Is homeschooling legal in Jordan?

We could not verify a position from a primary Jordanian instrument and will not guess. Basic education is compulsory and administered by the Ministry of Education. An absence of clear regulation is not a permission — put the question to the Ministry directly. Structured study alongside a school enrolment raises none of it.

Do you teach the Tawjihi?

No. We are not a Ministry-licensed Jordanian school and issue no Jordanian qualification. We teach Cambridge, Edexcel, IB and AP examinations, which sit alongside the Jordanian record — a distinction most families here already understand, since many private schools run IGCSE and the IB alongside the national route.

What time are classes?

Any hour of our teaching day, at exactly the time it shows on your clock. Jordan runs UTC+3 year-round and so does our teaching base — a zero offset with no seasonal drift, and the first market in our coverage where that is true.

How do fees work with the dinar?

We quote in USD, and the dinar is pegged to the dollar at a long-standing fixed rate — so a multi-year commitment behaves predictably in local terms, which is not the case in most of our markets.

We are on a UN or NGO posting — does the schooling follow?

Yes: the same curriculum, teachers, and examination board continue to the next country. Many of our development-sector families re-enrol from a new posting rather than starting over, which is the clearest evidence the portability is real.

Will Jordanian universities accept Cambridge A-Levels?

Jordanian universities admit principally on the Tawjihi, with international qualifications entering through equivalency procedures administered per institution. Confirm that route early if a Jordanian university is the plan. Outward, UK, US, Canadian and Gulf universities read A-Levels and the IB directly.

Where do Jordanian students sit Cambridge examinations?

At authorised provision confirmed per family per session — Amman is checked first, with travel planned ahead from Irbid, Aqaba and the valley. Jordan is compact enough that this is a handful of day trips a year.

Which parts of Jordan does Smartious cover?

Amman, Aqaba, Irbid and the north, Zarqa and the industrial belt, and the Dead Sea and Jordan Valley have dedicated pages. Live online delivery works identically anywhere in the country.

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