Online School & Homeschool in Mauritius

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, A-Level, Pearson Edexcel, IB Diploma, and American AP for financial-services, expatriate, and Mauritian families across Port Louis, Ebène and Moka, and Grand Baie. Mauritius already runs Cambridge as its national system and ranks among the best in the world at it — so we are not offering a different qualification. We are offering live small-group teaching in the one you already have, in the subjects a timetable cannot staff.

From USD 423/month. Small live classes 4-6 students, Cambridge / IB / American AP through to A-Level — one hour ahead of Nairobi, fixed all year.

Where our Mauritius families are

Smartious Mauritius families concentrate across Port Louis (the capital, the offshore financial and global-business sector, and the administrative heart of a Cambridge nation), Ebène and Moka and the Plaines Wilhems (Cybercity's ICT and BPO sector, fund administration, the smart-city developments, and much of the island's private, international, and IB schooling, where competition for grades is most intense), and Grand Baie and the north (the expatriate and residential coast, permit-based households, the tourism and property economy, and an awkward distance from the school belt). One national Cambridge system, one supplementary role, and the easiest examination logistics we have anywhere.

Homeschool laws and regulation in Mauritius

Mauritius needs less legal explanation than any country we cover and more context than most, because the interesting fact here is not the law but the qualification. Both are below.

The fact that shapes everything: Cambridge is the national system

Mauritian students sit Cambridge International O Level and International A and AS Level examinations as their national school-leaving qualifications, administered through the Mauritius Examinations Syndicate — and Mauritian candidates consistently rank among the very best in the world in them. No other market we serve is like this. It means we are not offering Mauritian families international recognition they lack; they already have the most portable school qualification in the world, earned through their own national system. Any provider pitching Cambridge to a Mauritian parent as an exotic upgrade has not understood the country.

The governing statute, and what it covers

The Education Act (Act 39 of 1957, as amended) governs. It provides for the registration of non-Government schools, with the Minister able to refuse registration or cancel it on defined grounds; for the promotion and maintenance of quality standards in primary and secondary schools through an appropriate quality-assurance mechanism; for the more effective teaching and spread of English; and for the recognition and equivalence of qualifications obtained in or outside Mauritius in the primary and secondary sector. Schooling is compulsory to the age of sixteen.

A genuinely well-funded system, described honestly

Education in Mauritius is free from pre-primary through tertiary. Transport has been free for all students since 2005; textbooks for Grades 1 to 9 have been free since 2020; the state has long subsidised much of the expenditure of the private confessional schools. Combined with the Cambridge results, that adds up to a system that outperforms almost everything around it, and we would rather say so than manufacture a problem. The problems Mauritian families actually bring us are narrower and real: a subject set that will not run, a commute from the north, a mid-curriculum arrival, a posting that will move again.

Home education: what we can and cannot say

We are not aware of an established parental-choice home-education route under the Education Act, and we phrase it that way 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 Ministry of Education. What is unrestricted is structured teaching alongside a school enrolment — which in a Cambridge-based national system is not a workaround but the obvious shape, since the subjects we teach are the subjects the school enters students for.

Where our teaching actually fits

In three places, and we would not claim a fourth. First, subjects a single timetable cannot sustain: Further Mathematics, a third science, Computer Science for a handful of pupils. Second, geography — the school belt sits in the Plaines Wilhems and the international residential community sits in the north, and the daily run between them is a real cost. Third, mobility: the offshore, global-business, and permit-based population moves in and out of Mauritius constantly, and one live pathway across the whole period is worth more than the best local option a family will leave in three years.

Where the qualifications lead

Further than most countries manage, and Mauritian families know it. UCAS reads A-Levels natively; South African, Australian, Canadian, and Indian universities read them routinely; French institutions assess them alongside the French-system route many families here also hold; and the Mauritian universities and the branch campuses admit on the national Cambridge results directly. A student finishing here with strong Cambridge grades, English and French, and a live-taught specialist subject or two is competitive almost anywhere.

Why Mauritius families choose Smartious

Honest about what we add, and what we do not

Cambridge is your national system and Mauritius leads the world in it. We add live small-group teaching in the sets a timetable cannot staff — not recognition you already have.

The subject your school cannot run

Further Mathematics or a third science for four pupils is unviable on one timetable and routine in a live group drawn from several countries.

No commute from the north

The school belt is in the Plaines Wilhems and much of the international community is in Grand Baie. Live delivery removes the run.

One hour ahead, fixed all year

No daylight saving on either side, so class times never drift — the easiest scheduling relationship in our coverage.

Built for a permit-based stay

Three years or five, one curriculum and one examination board across the whole period and onward to wherever the family goes next.

The easiest examinations we handle anywhere

Because the national qualifications are Cambridge, most of our Mauritian students sit through their own school with no parallel calendar at all.

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

Cambridge is already our national system — what would we need Smartious for?

Usually not for the qualification, and we say so plainly. Families come to us for depth in the same one: a subject their school cannot staff for a small cohort, small-group teaching in the sets that decide a university place, no commute from the north, or continuity when a posting moves them. Mauritius ranks among the world's best at these examinations; we add teaching capacity, not recognition.

Is homeschooling legal in Mauritius?

Schooling is compulsory to sixteen under the Education Act, and we are not aware of an established parental-choice home-education route under it. We put it in those terms rather than asserting a flat prohibition, and would point any family whose plan depends on it to the Ministry of Education. Structured teaching alongside a school enrolment is unrestricted.

Where do our children sit the examinations?

Usually through their own school, because the national qualifications are the same Cambridge examinations we teach — administered through the Mauritius Examinations Syndicate. Private-candidate arrangements are confirmed per session where a subject is not offered locally.

We are arriving on an Occupation Permit mid-curriculum — how hard is the transition?

Easier than almost anywhere, because the national system is Cambridge-based: a child coming from a British-curriculum school lands in a familiar framework. For French-system or American arrivals we usually run alongside for a period to smooth the differences.

We live in Grand Baie — is the daily commute to the Plaines Wilhems avoidable?

Yes for the teaching. Identical live classes reach the north, with examinations sat through established Mauritian provision.

How do class times work from Nairobi?

Mauritius is one hour ahead of Kenya and neither observes daylight saving, so afternoon and early-evening classes land comfortably for both sides at the same time every week of the year.

Can our child study the IB or American curriculum instead?

Yes — live IB Diploma teaching across all six groups with Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay supervision, or the American Curriculum with AP and SAT/ACT preparation, alongside or instead of the Cambridge route.

Which parts of Mauritius does Smartious cover?

Port Louis, Ebène and Moka and the Plaines Wilhems, and Grand Baie and the north have dedicated pages. Live online delivery works identically anywhere on the island and in Rodrigues.

Guides for families in this country

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